ClosedOpportunity 2020-NIST-MEP-MDAP-01

NIST MEP Disaster Assessment Program

National Institute of Standards and Technology · Department of Commerce

At a glance

NIST MEP Disaster Assessment Program is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce). The application deadline was May 8, 2026. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 11.611 (Manufacturing Extension Partnership).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Jan 17, 2020Posted
May 8, 2026Application deadline

Posted: Jan 17, 2020
Close date: May 8, 2026
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: Not specified
Est. total funding: Not specified
Expected awards: Not specified
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Typical awards for this program (SAM.gov listing for ALN 11.611, not this notice): Individual awards for extension service planning and pilot testing and special project agreements generally range between $25,000 and $100,000. Awards for Manufacturing Extension Centers generally range between of $500,000 to $15,000,000 annually. Competitive awards generally range between $500,000 and $1,000,000 per award.

Who can apply

Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Eligible applicants for this funding opportunity are recipients of current MEP Center cooperative agreements. A MEP Center recipient may work individually or may include proposed subawards to other recipients of MEP Center cooperative agreements and/or proposed contracts with other organizations as part of the applicant’s proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium. A MEP Center may only submit one funding application for each FEMA Disaster Declaration and, where an application is submitted with respect to a particular FEMA Disaster Declaration, such MEP Center may not be included as a subawardee or as a project participant in any other applications pertaining to the same FEMA Disaster Declaration. Moreover, a MEP Center that does not submit a funding application for a particular FEMA Disaster Declaration may only be included as a subawardee or as a project participant in one funding application for each FEMA Disaster Declaration.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

NIST invites applications from current recipients of Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center cooperative agreements (MEP Centers) to perform assessments of small- and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) in areas subject to a FEMA Disaster Declaration. These assessments should be designed to identify the impact, if any, to the operations of the SMMs as result of the subject disaster. MEP Centers receiving funding pursuant to this program must also assist impacted SMMs in identifying and accessing Federal, State and local resources to aid in business recovery efforts and, as appropriate, in the development of a risk mitigation plan for future disasters. Award recipients will further be required to share the results of their project, including disaster preparedness lessons learned and SMMs best practices, with other SMMs, NIST and the MEP National NetworkTM in order to help the SMM community with future disaster resilience planning efforts. See Section I. in the Full Announcement Text of this NOFO.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

11.611Manufacturing Extension PartnershipProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 11.611

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$152M

FY25

$113M

FY26

$125M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 11.611. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 11.611

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 122 grant awards had funding actions under Manufacturing Extension Partnership, with 203 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$23.4M
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT$20.6M
PA IRC NETWORK FOUNDATION$18.3M
ILLINOIS MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE CENTER$17.4M
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE$14.5M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Christopher Hunton Grants Technical Assistant
grants@nist.gov
301-975-5718

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “NIST MEP Disaster Assessment Program”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How do I apply for “NIST MEP Disaster Assessment Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity 2020-NIST-MEP-MDAP-01), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 11.307