Assistance program
Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach
$397.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements
- CFDA number
- 11.620
- What it does
- To evaluate the benefits and impacts of NIST research and development efforts and/or evaluate and/or stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting Federal research and development needs, and/or increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from NIST research and development efforts and/or NIST’s Small Business Innovation Research Program; also, to support innovative approaches and methods for science and/or technology education.
- Who benefits
- Public and private institutions of higher education, public and private hospitals, and other quasi-public and private non-profit organizations such as, but not limited to, community action agencies, research institutes, educational associations, and health centers. The term may include commercial organizations, foreign or international organizations (such as agencies of the United Nations) which are recipients, subrecipients, or contractors or subcontractors of recipients or subrecipients at the discretion of the DoC. The term does not include government-owned contractor-operated facilities or research centers providing continued support for mission-oriented, large-scale programs that are government-owned or controlled, or are designated as federally-funded research and development centers, institutions of research and/or education, professional institutes and associations, non-profit organizations, state and local governments, and commercial organizations
- Who applies
- Public and private institutions of higher education, public and private hospitals, and other quasi-public and private non-profit organizations such as, but not limited to, community action agencies, research institutes, educational associations, and health centers. The term may include commercial organizations, foreign or international organizations (such as agencies of the United Nations) which are recipients, subrecipients, or contractors or subcontractors of recipients or subrecipients at the discretion of the DoC. The term does not include government-owned contractor-operated facilities or research centers providing continued support for mission-oriented, large-scale programs that are government-owned or controlled, or are designated as federally-funded research and development centers
- Authorized by
- Act, 15 U.S.C 272(b) and (c) 15 U.S.C. 638 Aid to Small Business, Research and Development, 15 U.S.C. 638
- 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1
- 15 U.S.C. § 278g-2
- 15 U.S.C. § 638, Aid to Small Business, Research and Development
- 42 U.S.C. § Ch. 163 Subch. II
- Public Law 117-167
- Program site
- http://www.nist.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$373.8M
94%
Other
$23.8M
6%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
Administering agencies
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Some recipients aren't itemized
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- Awards, counted once
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Direct payments