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Assistance Listing 11.067

Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) Grant Program

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF · National Institute of Standards and Technology

Assistance Listing 11.067, “Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) Grant Program,” is a federal program administered by COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $2.38M in obligations for fiscal year 2025. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 10 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was THEISS RESEARCH.

  • Funding down 22% (FY24→FY25)Actual obligations reported in the SAM.gov listing changed -22% from FY2024 to FY2025. Historical data, not a prediction. calculated by GrantsJunction

Program objective

To support the conduct of measurement science, standards development research, and collaborative efforts within the mission of NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 11.067

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

  • For-Profit Organization
  • Foreign Government
  • State
  • Local
  • Tribal
  • Nonprofit Organization

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$3.05M
FY25$2.38M
FY26$2.87M est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 11.067. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 10 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 11.067.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY26$1.42M
Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY26 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Where recipients are located

  • California$786K
  • District of Columbia$350K
  • Pennsylvania$125K
  • Massachusetts$79.8K
  • Oklahoma$75K

Most recent awards

  • THEISS RESEARCH · CAPURPOSE: TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND DISSEMINATION OF TEMPERATURE METROLOGY BY IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY, RELIABILITY, AND ACCESSIBILITY OF REALIZATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEMPERATURE SCALE OF 1990 (ITS-90). THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP NEXT-GENERATION FIXED-POINT STANDARDS, IMPROVE THERMOELECTRIC MEASUREMENT METHODS, STRENGTHEN TRACEABILITY, AND REPLACE LEGACY MERCURY-BASED TECHNOLOGIES WITH SAFER, $251KStarts Feb 1, 2027 · Award ↗
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES · CAPURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE A NOVEL CDMA-MIMO (CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS - MULTIPLE IN MULTIPLE OUT) BASED CRYOGENIC READOUT AND CONTROL ARCHITECTURE THAT ENABLES SCALABLE MULTIPLEXED OPERATION OF LARGE-SCALE SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTOR (SET) ARRAYS AND FUTURE QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS. THE EFFORT SEEKS TO OVERCOME FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS IN INTERCONNECT DENS$125KStarts Dec 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · OKPURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF A FIELD-DEPLOYABLE MOLECULAR SENSOR FOR DRUG MIXTURE CHARACTERIZATION AND INCREASE ITS COMPACTNESS VIA DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL TUNING OF A REDUCED NUMBER OF SPECTRAL PIXELS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: 1) DEVELOP PULSED-LASER-DEPOSITED TEMPLATED GROWTH OF HIGH-QUALITY CRYSTALLINE BATI03 (BTO) FILMS ON PRE-PATTERNED SI; 2) CHARACTERIZE $75KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • THEISS RESEARCH · CAPURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO DEVELOP NEW OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES, PRODUCE OPTIMIZED INTEGRATED PHOTONIC STRUCTURE DESIGNS, DEVELOP EFFICIENT TEST STRUCTURES AND MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR INTEGRATED PHOTONICS FABRICATION AND DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE OPTIMIZED INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM MEASUREMENT DATA FOR METROLOGY APPLICATIONS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: NUMERICAL MODELING-BASED DESIGN $171KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INC · DCPURPOSE: THE PROJECT SEEKS TO HELP THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP IN QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE BY IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO: PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION, COOPERATIVE RESEARCH FACILITIES, INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, REGIONAL QUANTUM INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS, STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES FOR QUANTUM RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED$350KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PAPURPOSE: TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE ALL-DIELECTRIC CHIP-SCALE ATOMIC VAPOR CELLS WITH MULTILAYER MIRROR COATINGS AND MULTI-SITE, MULTI-PAS INTERROGATION FOR RYDBERG SENSING.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ATOMIC VAPOR CELLS. INTEGRATION OF ATOMIC VAPOR CELLS WITH PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. TWO PHOTON RYDBERG EIT SPECTROSCOPY. FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPROVED $125KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • THEISS RESEARCH · CAPURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING AND TRACEABLY CALIBRATING SI CHIPS FOR SCALE-SETTING IN VARIOUS MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES WITH LOW MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: A SUITABLE SET OF SEM MEASUREMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED USING A HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND A LOW-UNCERTAINTY, TRACEABLE SCALE-SETTING ARTIFACT. PITCH RESULTS$79.9KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • THEISS RESEARCH · CAPURPOSE: TO DEVELOP ASSEMBLY AND TESTING METHODOLOGIES TO REALIZE HIGH YIELD DETECTOR-TO-READOUT MODULES COMPRISED OF ARRAYS OF SUPERCONDUCTING SENSORS.ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE PERFORMED: DEVELOPMENT OF WAFER-SCALE ELECTRICAL PROBING FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF COMPONENTS. ASSEMBLY OF CRYOGENIC MULTIPLEXERS BASED ON THE MICROWAVE SQUID MULTIPLEXER. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHIP HANDLING AND PLACEMENT PROTOCOL$115KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • THEISS RESEARCH · CAPURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES AIMED AT MEASURING TUNNELING CONDUCTANCE AT A LOCAL SCALE. THESE METHODS WILL BE APPLIED TO RHOMBOHEDRAL GRAPHENE DEVICES, ENABLING THE VISUALIZATION OF THE LOCAL DENSITY OF STATES AND THE ASSOCIATED PREDICTED SUPERCONDUCTING PHASES ARISING FROM STRONG ELECTRON INTERACTIO$43.6KStarts Oct 1, 2026 · Award ↗
  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS · MAPURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE CRYOGENIC CMOS CIRCUITS AND INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS THAT ENABLE SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTING AND SENSING APPLICATIONS. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON REDUCING THE THERMAL LOAD AND WIRING COMPLEXITY IN CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS BY REPLACING CONVENTIONAL HIGH-HEAT-LOAD COAXIAL CABLES WITH LOW-POWER, HIGH-BANDWIDTH MILLIMETER-WAVE WIRELESS AND DIELECTRIC INTER$79.8KStarts Aug 1, 2026 · Award ↗

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 11.067?

11.067 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) Grant Program.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 11.067?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: For-Profit Organization, Foreign Government, State, Local, Tribal and Nonprofit Organization. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 11.067 provide?

The agency reported $2,380,929 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 11.067?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 10 grant awards under 11.067. The largest recipients by obligations were THEISS RESEARCH ($661K), CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INC ($350K), THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY ($125K), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES ($125K) and 1 more. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.