Programs

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.

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.