CHIPS R&D Office — LOI/Competitive Awards
Funds semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, and metrology development in the United States through competitive initiatives.
The CHIPS Research and Development Office, administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce, manages $11 billion in competitive R&D funding authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. This R&D envelope is separate from the $39 billion in facility and equipment incentives run by the CHIPS Program Office, bringing total CHIPS and Sc…
Competitive R&D funding for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, metrology, quantum computing acceleration, and critical minerals processing under the CHIPS and Science Act.
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