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No. 2023-NIST-CHIPS-SMME-01 · National Institute of Standards and Technology

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CHIPS Incentives Program – Facilities for Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Equipment

Dealbreakers No cost share required Audit: not stated
Not reimbursement-only
“Awards made pursuant to this NOFO will be in the form of direct funding (via grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions).” — From the announcement
Award range
Not specified
Expected awards
Not specified
Application deadline
Nov 1, 2026
Posted
Sep 29, 2023
Last verified
7 days ago

At a glance

AI summary

This funding opportunity supports the construction, expansion, or modernization of U.S. commercial facilities that make semiconductor materials or semiconductor manufacturing equipment, if the capital investment is below $300 million. It is open to covered entities, including private entities or consortia of private and public entities that can finance, construct, expand, or modernize an eligible facility. Awards are direct funding in the form of grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions, and the text says projects under $20 million are generally unlikely to be large enough to qualify. The announcement says applicants must have a state or local incentive offer, make worker and community investment commitments, secure workforce training commitments, and have an executable plan to sustain the facility and manage supply chain risks.

AI-generated summary — verify against the announcement

What it funds

  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
  • Infrastructure, Construction & Shared Facilities
  • Other / needs-review
  • Defense, National Security & Aerospace
  • Engineering, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
  • Infrastructure & Public Works
Official description from grants.gov

The CHIPS Incentives Program aims to catalyze long-term economically sustainable growth in the domestic semiconductor industry in support of U.S. economic and national security. This is the second Notice of Funding Opportunity under this program and seeks applications for projects for the construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment. For more information, additional resources, and instructions on how to apply, please visit chips.gov. Note that all applications must be submitted through the CHIPS Incentives Portal at https://applications.chips.gov . If you have any questions on how to apply, please email apply@chips.gov.

Who can apply

  • Others
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 11.037 · CHIPS Incentives Program

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (11.037), not just this notice.

No grants-family awards recorded for this program since FY 2021 — it may be new, renamed, or not yet reported to USASpending.

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 8, 2026