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NIST Awards More Than $3 Million to Support Cybersecurity Workforce Development Across 13 States

September 17, 2025

There are currently more than 514,000 cybersecurity job openings in the U.S.

NIST Awards Over $1.8 Million to Small Businesses Advancing AI, Semiconductors, Additive Manufacturing and More

August 18, 2025

The winning projects were competitively selected following a call for innovative proposals that address technical needs related to NIST’s research areas.

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NIST Awards $3 Million for Community-Based Cybersecurity Workforce Development

September 23, 2024

The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to organizations that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled cybersecurity employees.

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NIST and NSF Award Nearly $7.1 Million to 15 Universities to Support Disaster Resilience

January 18, 2024

The grants will fund research that will improve the ability of buildings, infrastructure and communities to withstand severe natural hazards.

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Saving Seconds, Saving Lives: NIST-Funded Challenge Crowns Winners in 3D Tracking Technology

January 9, 2024

The ability to pinpoint a first responder’s precise location inside a building can be a matter of life and death.

NIST Awards Funding to 8 Universities to Advance Standards Education

January 2, 2024

The funding supports curricula development to integrate content on documentary standards and standardization processes into courses, modules, seminars and

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Spotlight: Industrial Engineer Nehika Mathur’s Journey Into the Circular Economy

April 19, 2023

Sustainability is easier said than done. NIST industrial engineer Nehika Mathur learned this lesson with an eye-opening experience that spurred an early-career

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NIST Awards Funding to 5 Universities to Advance Standards Education

September 22, 2022

NIST has made five awards totaling nearly $500,000 to support standards education in undergraduate and graduate curricula.

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NIST Awards More Than $4 Million to Small Businesses for Innovations in AI, Wildfire Forecasting and More

October 1, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded 19 small businesses in 12 states a total

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