Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
Funds NIST partnership research across metrology, nanotechnology, AI and advanced manufacturing, open to almost any non-federal organisation except individuals.
NIST runs dozens of measurement, standards and technology programmes, and needs partners outside government to do a share of that work. This is the standing vehicle for funding them.
The named areas are wide: metrology, standards, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced communications, advanced manufacturing, promoting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness, measurements in the …
Partnership and collaborative research supporting NIST's mission across metrology, standards, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced communications, advanced manufacturing, measurement science and neutron research, and coordination of the U.S. Standards System, open to nearly any non-federal organisation.
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