The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., announces that its Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program has awarded a total of nearly $12 million in first-year funding to 11 organizations that will operate MEP centers in Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Wyoming.
MEP centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico support small and medium-size manufacturers and are dedicated to enhancing the productivity and technological performance of U.S. manufacturing. The agreements have five-year periods of performance that begin April 1, 2017, and they will provide nearly $60 million in total funding during that time.
The following organizations will sign cooperative agreements to operate MEP centers:
Delaware Technical Community College (Newark) – $500,000
High Technology Development Corporation (Honolulu, Hawaii) – $500,000
Iowa State University of Science & Technology (Ames) – $1,859,206
Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center (Overland Park, Kansas) – $1,864,950
Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Augusta) – $863,522
Mississippi Manufacturers Association (Jackson) – $1,003,782
Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education, University of Nevada-Reno – $756,001
New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Albuquerque) – $1,360,802
The Dakota Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc. (Bismarck, North Dakota) – $500,000
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Columbia) – $2,268,003
University of Wyoming (Laramie) – $500,000
