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NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Comprehensive Grant Program
The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Comprehensive Grant Program provides funding to eligible proposers to support research involving neutron research and spectroscopy specifically aimed at assisting visiting researchers at the NCNR, developing new instrumentation for neutron research,...
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Measurement, Science, and Engineering Research Grants Programs
Supports NIST laboratories with research in fields such as polymers, ceramics, metallurgy, fire research, neutron scattering and spectroscopy. Christopher Hunton Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718
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Precision Measurement Grants Program
Supports research on fundamentals measurement or fundamental constants.
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Nanoelectronics
Supports research and innovation in nanoelectronics through a partnership between NIST and the Semiconductor Research Corp.
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Small Business Innovation Research Contracts
Solicits research and development proposals from small businesses that respond to specific NIST technical needs that are described in the annual solicitation.
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REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES (RIS) PROGRAM
EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) leads the Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program. Under the RIS Program, the centerpiece of the Regional Innovation Program authorized under Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. § 3722), EDA...
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Audio Quality Research and Data
ITS performs basic and applied research in in digital speech and audio compression, transmission, and quality assessment. Research facilities and resources are made available to outside researchers in private industry, academia and other government agencies through cooperative research and...
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Video Quality Research and Software
The ITS Video Quality Research Project promotes increased quality of service in digital telecommunication services by developing technology to assess the performance of new digital video systems and actively transferring this technology to other government agencies, end-users, standards bodies, and...
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Radio Propagation Data
ITS makes available electronic data files that can be used to validate propagation prediction methods or wireless system analysis techniques. These data sets contain results of selected propagation measurement efforts, along with the header information that gives all the associated parameters for...
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Radio Propagation Software
Propagation modeling software developed by ITS is not subject to copyright protection in the U.S. and is made available free of charge, as is. Available software includes GLOBE Terrain Extraction Routines, High Frequency (HF) models (2-30 MHz), Irregular Terrain Model (ITM) (Longley-Rice) (20 MHz-...
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Table Mountain
ITS maintains and manages the Table Mountain Field Site and Radio Quiet Zone, an area of approximately 729 hectares (1,800 acres) of flat terrain with no perimeter obstructions and relatively homogeneous underlying ground that is protected by both State and Federal laws from strong external signals...
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National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST
Mailstop 2200 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg MD 20899
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), founded in 1901 as the National Bureau of Standards, was renamed in 1988 and directed specifically to assist industry in the development of technology needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - National Centers for Environmental Information
151 Patton Ave Ashville CO 28801-5001
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) are responsible for hosting and providing access to one of the most significant archives on earth, with comprehensive oceanic, atmospheric, and geophysical data. From the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun and from million-year...
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Silicon RIE: Unaxis 790
Description: CORAL Name: Unaxis RIE 2 A system based on Oxygen and Fluorine gases to etch polymer and dielectric materials on planar substrates up to 200 mm in diameter. Specifications / Capabilities: RF: 13.56 MHz Power: 500W Gases: CHF 3, CF 4, SF 6, N 2O, O 2 Scientific Opportunities /...
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Spectroscopic Ellipsometer: Woollam M-2000
Description: This system is used to measure thin fils properties (thickness and refractive index) Scientific Opportunities / Applications: Thin film characterization Measures thickness, optical constants on single or multi-layer stacks
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Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed
Description: The long term performance of building integrated photovoltaic panels is measured "in-situ"using the Building Integrated Photovoltaic Testbed, located within the south wall of a a building located on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, MD. The facility provides comparison between different...
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildland-Urban Interface Fires
NIST with US Forest Service (USFS) have invested in the development of instrument packages and measurement science to enable the successful scientific use of these aerial platforms in the Wildlands and at the WUI. These instrumented UAVs with their supporting ground station allow for the real-time...
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Analytical Electron Microscope
The Titan 80-300 is a transmission electron microscope (TEM) equipped with spectroscopic detectors to allow chemical, elemental, and other analytical measurements to be performed at high spatial resolution. The Titan operates between 80 keV and 300 keV electron beam energy, and uses a thermal (...
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Aperture area measurement facility
NIST has established an absolute aperture area measurement facility for circular and near-circular apertures use in radiometric instruments. The facility consists of the aperture area instrument, which is housed in the Advanced Measurement Laboratory (AML). The instrument is based on non-contact,...