General Information Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: 2025-NIST-CHIPS-CRDO-01 Funding Opportunity Title: CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Opportunity Category: Discretionary Chance Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Other Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: Assistance Listings: 11.042 -- CHIPS Research and Development Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Version: Synopsis 6 Posted Date: Sep 24, 2025 Last Updated Date: Apr 21, 2026 Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 30, 2029 Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 30, 2029 Archive Date: Oct 30, 2029 Estimated Total Program Funding: Award Ceiling: $ Award Floor: $10,000,000 Eligibility Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are for-profit organizations; non-profit organizations; accredited institutions of higher education; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), and Federal entities (e.g., Federal departments and agencies – see Section III.3).



Eligible applicants must be a domestic entity. Individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not eligible to receive funding under this BAA.

Eligible subawardees include all eligible applicants as well as foreign partners not otherwise prohibited (e.g., foreign adversaries), subject to compliance with specific requirements (see Section VI). CRDO strongly recommends that Federal entities and FFRDCs seeking to respond to this BAA as an applicant first contact the CRDO POC to discuss eligibility; in areas of mutual interest, alternative funding mechanisms may be pursued independent of this BAA.

Additional Information Agency Name: National Institute of Standards and Technology Description: NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for research, prototyping, and commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the U.S., to be considered for funding by the CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO).

Link to Additional Information: Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: CHIPS Research and Development Office [email protected]

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