Opportunity Information: Apply for 2022 NIST PREP 01
The Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), designed to strengthen collaborative research ties between NIST laboratories and higher education partners. Through PREP, NIST is looking for eligible U.S. institutions of higher education, including those in U.S. territories, to set up and run a structured program that supports research relationships and hands-on research participation in NIST labs. The program focus is squarely on academic STEM fields and is open to schools that offer either two-year or four-year degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
The funding mechanism for this opportunity is a cooperative agreement, which generally signals substantial federal involvement compared to a standard grant. In practical terms, that typically means the awardee institution is not just receiving funds and operating independently; instead, it is expected to coordinate closely with NIST staff and align program operations with NIST laboratory needs, processes, and research priorities. The activity category is listed as "Science and Technology and other Research and Development," reflecting that the central purpose is to enable applied or laboratory-aligned R and D collaborations rather than, for example, construction, service delivery, or purely instructional programming.
Applicants may propose to establish and manage PREP activities associated with one or more NIST campuses. The opportunity explicitly references NIST locations in Boulder, Colorado (PREP Boulder); Gaithersburg, Maryland (PREP Gaithersburg); and Charleston, South Carolina. The intent is that an eligible institution would provide the administrative and programmatic backbone to support researchers and participants working in or alongside NIST laboratories at these sites. While the listing does not provide operational details in the excerpt, the phrase "establish and manage a program" typically implies responsibilities such as program administration, participant recruitment and onboarding, coordination of research appointments or placements, compliance and reporting, and ongoing management of the partnership framework that makes these collaborative research relationships run smoothly.
From the source data, the opportunity is identified as "Professional Research Experience Program (PREP)" with Funding Opportunity Number "2022 NIST PREP 01" and CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 11.620. The posting date is July 25, 2022, with an original closing date of September 23, 2022. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which commonly indicates that a fixed maximum award amount is not specified in the synopsis and may be defined elsewhere in the full announcement or determined based on the scope of proposed work. The expected number of awards is listed as 500, suggesting NIST anticipated supporting a large number of awards or sub-awards, appointments, or program-supported research engagements under the broader PREP structure, depending on how NIST operationalizes awards and participation through the cooperative agreement model.
Eligibility is categorized as "Others," with the key clarification provided in the narrative: eligible applicants are institutions of higher education in the United States and its territories that offer two- or four-year degrees in academic STEM disciplines. In other words, the competition is oriented toward colleges and universities (including community colleges and similar two-year institutions) that can demonstrate the capacity to administer a research partnership program and support collaborative work in NIST laboratory environments at one or more of the identified campuses.Apply for 2022 NIST PREP 01
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Professional Research Experience Program (PREP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.620.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 25, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 23, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 500 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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