Below are guides and templates to accompany the CHIPS Incentives Program – Commercial Fabrication Facilities Notice of Funding Opportunity. These tools are intended to help applicants collect accurate and detailed information that will strengthen their proposals.
Pre-applications are optional, but encouraged, so that applicants may engage in dialogue with the CHIPS Program Office. The optional pre-application opens on March 31, 2023 for applicants seeking funds for leading-edge facilities and on May 1, 2023 for applicants seeking funds for current-generation, mature-node, and back-end manufacturing facilities.
The Department will begin accepting applications on March 31, 2023 for leading-edge facilities and on June 26, 2023 for current-generation, mature-node, and back-end facilities. The following materials are intended to assist applicants.