On June 18, 2024, this funding opportunity closed to new applicants. This funding opportunity was open to commercial fabrication facilities and to facilities for semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment, for which the capital investment equaled or exceeded $300 million. Information contained herein is retained for awardees and applicants of this first funding opportunity.
Get the full text: CHIPS Incentives Program – Commercial Fabrication Facilities Notice of Funding Opportunity
CHIPS for America’s first funding opportunity aims to catalyze long-term economically sustainable growth in the domestic semiconductor industry in support of U.S. economic and national security. This funding opportunity seeks applications for projects for the construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for the fabrication of leading-edge, current-generation, and mature-node semiconductors.
The Notice of Funding Opportunity: Commercial Fabrication Facilities was focused on applications for the construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment, for which the capital investment equals or exceeds $300 million. This funding opportunity is now closed.
A separate funding opportunity for materials and manufacturing equipment facilities, which was announced in September 2023 and closed on December 2023. It was amended and reopened in October 2025.
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