Science and Technology Fellowship Program

This program is intended to fund fellowships for highly qualified scientists and engineers from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, physics, bioscience, chemistry, materials, engineering, information technology, advanced microelectronics, commercialization of innovation, standards development, and technology transfer.

Eligibility for the program listed is open to all non-Federal entities. Eligible applicants include accredited institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations incorporated in the United States; and state, local, territorial, and Indian tribal governments. Please note that individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible to apply. Although Federal entities are not eligible to receive funding under this program, they may participate as unfunded collaborators.

The Selecting Official, the Director of the Program Coordination Office or designee, will make final award recommendations to the NIST Grants Officer. The Selecting Official shall generally select and recommend the most meritorious application for an award based upon the rank order of the applications. The Selecting Official retains the discretion to select and recommend an application out of rank order based on one or more of the Selection Factors.

NIST reserves the right to negotiate the budget costs with any applicant selected to receive an award, which may include requesting that the applicant removes certain costs. Additionally, NIST may request that successful applicants modify objectives or work plans and provide supplemental information required by the agency prior to award. NIST also reserves the right to reject an application where information is uncovered that raises a reasonable doubt as to the responsibility of the applicant. NIST may select some, all, or none of the applications, or part(s) of any application. The final approval of selected applications and issuance of awards will be by the NIST Grants Officer. The award decisions of the NIST Grants Officer are final.