Skip to main content

Programs

  • Advanced Manufacturing Technology (MFGTech) Roadmap Program

    The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Roadmap (MFGTech) Program consists of funding opportunities to develop technology roadmaps for promising advanced manufacturing clusters and to establish new, or strengthen existing, industry-driven consortia that address high-priority research challenges to grow advanced manufacturing in the United States. The most recent funding opportunity was on technology roadmapping in areas of critical interest to the nation, including technology areas appropriate for potential future Manufacturing USA institutes. The MFGTech program is run by the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing, which serves as the headquarters for the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office and also oversees NIST-sponsored institutes, such as NIIMBL, and other NIST-funded awards to other Manufacturing USA institutes.

  • Department of Commerce

    The Department of Commerce’s mission is to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity for all communities. Through its 13 bureaus, the Department works to drive U.S. economic competitiveness, strengthen domestic industry, and spur the growth of quality jobs in all communities across the country. The Department serves as the voice of business in the Federal Government, and at the same time, the Department touches and serves every American every day.

     The Department hosts the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office at NIST, an interagency team with participation from federal agencies that oversees the planning, management, and coordination of the Manufacturing USA Program. By supporting public-private partnerships, the Department helps to accelerate technology development and commercialization, and strengthen the Nation’s position in the global competition for new products, new markets, and new jobs.

  • Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network™

    MEP is a public-private partnership with Centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico dedicated to serving small and medium-sized manufacturers.  Through its collaborations at the federal, state, and local level, MEP Centers work with manufacturers to develop new products and customers, expand and diversify markets, adopt new technology, and enhance value within supply chains. The MEP Program serves as a bridge to other organizations and federal research labs that share a passion for enhancing the manufacturing community.

  • Manufacturing USA

    Manufacturing USA® was created in 2014 to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing by connecting people, ideas, and technology. Manufacturing USA institutes convene business competitors, academic institutions, and other stakeholders to test applications of new technology, create new products, reduce cost and risk, and enable the manufacturing workforce with the skills of the future.

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

    The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the only research laboratory in the U.S. government specifically focused on enhancing industrial competitiveness, including a robust research portfolio concentrated on the technical challenges associated with advanced manufacturing. NIST oversees the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and is home to the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office which oversees Manufacturing USA.

  • SelectUSA

    Recognizing that the competitiveness and job-generating ability of a nation is determined by its desirability as a place for businesses to operate, SelectUSA was created at the federal level to showcase the United States as the world’s premier business location and to provide easy access to federal-level programs and services related to business investment. SelectUSA is designed to complement the activities of our states—the primary drivers of economic development in the United States.