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2021 Baldrige Award Evaluations Set to Begin Soon

May 17, 2021

With Baldrige examiner training recently completed, evaluation teams will be formed starting this week for the annual Baldrige Award process , which will kick...

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Spotlight: Patent Paralegal Dana Bowins Propelling NIST Research Into the Market

May 10, 2021

Taking the latest invention out of our laboratories and into the marketplace isn’t a simple jaunt from point A to point B. NIST lead patent paralegal Dana...

A Recap of the Federal Labs Consortium’s National Meeting

May 4, 2021

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) recently attended the Federal Labs Consortium’s (FLC) annual, national meeting, which was virtual this year. The FLC...

Made In Illinois: A Modern Playbook for Manufacturers To Compete and Win book

IMEC Releases New Book, Made In Illinois — Experts Share Insights To Help Companies Be Strong, Successful Global Competitors

May 4, 2021

The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) announced a new book which is described as a guide and valuable resource to help manufacturing companies...

NIST MEP Hosts Virtual Workshop for Tab Wilkins Emerging MEP Leaders

May 4, 2021

On April 20-22, NIST MEP Network Learning and Strategic Competitions Division hosted three virtual half-day sessions for the Tab Wilkins Emerging MEP Leaders...

Paul Lucy Appointed as Center Director for Impact Dakota

April 23, 2021

Paul Lucy, a North Dakota native originally from the Powers Lake, ND area where he grew up on his family’s farm, has been appointed as the Center Director for...

Looking into an Economic Analysis Brief

April 20, 2021

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST wanted to take an in-depth, analytical look into the geographic distribution of active NIST cooperative...

New Director Appointed at the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana

April 7, 2021

Dayna Blanchard, a longtime leader with nearly two decades of experience with the MEP Center, has been named as the next director of the Manufacturing Extension...

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Gearing Up: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 7, 2021

On January 29, 2021, the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a new report, Gearing Up: MEP...

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The Ins and Outs of a NIST Patent

April 6, 2021

Electron or X-Ray Beam Lithography in Liquids Description These days, the fabrication of 2D and 3D structures out of liquid, biocompatible, hydrogel solutions...

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NIST Awards $475,000 to the MEP Center in Texas

April 1, 2021

The U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one cooperative agreement...

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Next-Generation Protein Sequencing Going Lab-to-Market

March 23, 2021

The Technology Maturation Accelerator Program (TMAP) was begun at NIST in 2019 to provide a platform for NIST scientists and engineers to help propel their lab...

Encouraging Innovations Across Federal Agencies

March 9, 2021

Every single day, across the agencies within the U.S. government, there are many federal researchers working on up-and-coming technologies and are pushing the...

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Funding Small Businesses for a Better Tomorrow

February 23, 2021

Every year there are many start-up companies formed and small businesses created in the United States, building brick-and-mortar foundations to push forward a...

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NIST Announces 2021 R&D Opportunities for Small Businesses

February 10, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced its fiscal year 2021 Small Business...

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Accelerating Ideas Toward Commercialization

February 9, 2021

The start of the new year in the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) brings with it innovative ideas and projects pushing the TPO and NIST mission forward. One...

Getting to Know the PEER Prize Winners

January 26, 2021

The Bayh-Dole Act, passed in 1980, laid the groundwork for requiring increased reporting from the recipients of federal research and development funds. However...

2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Education and Health Care Versions) Now Available

January 19, 2021

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2021–2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Education) and the 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework...

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NIST Requests Comments on Proposed Changes to Bayh-Dole Regulations

January 12, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to...

A Database Rebuild to Champion the Bayh-Dole Act

January 6, 2021

Throughout history, many innovative ideas have been realized and brought to life within federal laboratories across the country. From this, it was discovered...

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2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit) Now Available

December 21, 2020

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit): Proven Leadership and Management...

ROI Initiative Status Update: Legislative Package Sent to Congress

December 10, 2020

In April 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the release of a Final Green Paper from its Return on Investment (ROI)...

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Propelling Cyber Technologies Forward

December 8, 2020

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) hosted a webinar at this year’s CyberWeek festival revolving around getting the best cybersecurity technologies to the...

Baldrige 2021 Examiner Application Now Open

November 30, 2020

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2021 award...

Focused on the Future of Manufacturing

November 24, 2020

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST attended and hosted three webinars at this year’s CyberWeek festival, which virtually brought together the...

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