How much can one applicant receive?

From $10,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor of $10,000,000 stated; no per-award maximum or total pool amount stated.”.

When is the application deadline?

Sep 30, 2029. Response date listed as Sep 30, 2029

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

OtherOpenFixedDepartment of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Awards From $10,000,000 per recipient for accredited institutions of higher education, federal entities, federally funded research and development centers (ffrdcs), for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations, other legal entity, closing Sep 30, 2029.

Official page

Accredited institutions of higher educationFederal entitiesFederally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs)For-profit organizations Non-profit organizations Other Legal Entity Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) awards from $10,000,000 per recipient, open to accredited institutions of higher education, federal entities, federally funded research and development centers (ffrdcs), for-profit organizations, non-profit organizations,…

Record fields

Program pool (total): Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Award floor of $10,000,000 stated; no per-award maximum or total pool amount stated.
Award floor: $10,000,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Sep 30, 2029
Deadline type: fixed
Opens: Sep 24, 2025
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Accredited institutions of higher education · Federal entities · Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) · For-profit organizations · Non-profit organizations · Other Legal Entity
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

Not stated

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

Not stated

Source wording: “Award floor of $10,000,000 stated; no per-award maximum or total pool amount stated.”

Who can apply?

entity

Accredited institutions of higher education, Federal entities, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), For-profit organizations, Non-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

Commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the U.S., Prototyping, Research

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Eligible applicants must be domestic entities. Individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not eligible. Eligible subawardees include all eligible applicants as well as foreign partners not otherwise prohibited by law, subject to compliance with specific requirements.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Sep 30, 20291126 daysfixed deadline

Response date listed as Sep 30, 2029

What can the money be used for?

ResearchPrototypingCommercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the U.S.

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing: false

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?: From $10,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor of $10,000,000 stated; no per-award maximum or total pool amount stated.”.
When is the application deadline?: Sep 30, 2029. Response date listed as Sep 30, 2029
Who is eligible to apply?: Accredited institutions of higher education, Federal entities, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), For-profit organizations, Non-profit organizations, Other Legal Entity.
What can the funding be used for?: Research, Prototyping, Commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the U.S., as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing: false

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-08-31

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-08-31

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.