National Institute of Standards and Technology · Department of Commerce
Precision Measurement Grant Program
Key facts
- Deadline
- Done for this year · next round expected Feb 23 – Jun 22, 2027
- Award size
- Not specified — see notice
- Cost share / match ?
- Not required
- Who can apply
- Other (see eligibility)
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No cost share required
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About this grant
The Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for activities to conduct research work in the field of fundamental measurement, testing the basic laws of physics, and/or the determination of fundamental constants, with emphasis on pressing problems or emerging opportunities.
Eligibility (from the notice)
Eligible applicants include accredited institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations incorporated in the United States; State, local, Territorial, and Indian Tribal Governments; foreign public entities; and foreign organizations. Although Federal entities are not eligible to receive funding under this NOFO, they may participate as unfunded collaborators. Please note that individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible to apply under this NOFO.
About the program (11.053)
Precision Measurement Grant Program — PMGP
How applications are judged
The Selection Factors for this competition are:
(1) The availability of funding.
(2) Whether the project duplicates other projects funded by NIST or other Federal agencies.
(3) Relevance to the program objectives as stated in Section I of the PMPG NOFO.
Matching requirements
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MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Not Applicable.