NIST

An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce

Founded in 1901, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a nonregulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. With headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland, NIST’s mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

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SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals to Solve Cybersecurity and Manufacturing Challenges
Wed, 02/06/2013 - 16:10
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, invites small businesses to propose solutions to specific challenges in the fields of cybersecurity…
NIST Accepting Proposals for Fundamental Measurement Grants Abbreviated proposals due Feb. 12, 2013; full proposals due May 7, 2013
Mon, 01/28/2013 - 16:19

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals to support significant research in the field of fundamental measurement or the determination of fundamental constants. Although the fundamental constants such…
NIST Workshop Seeks Manufacturers’ Ideas on Using Multipurpose Robots Automate 2013 workshop looks at developments in universal robotic grasping tools
Wed, 01/09/2013 - 10:28
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to help turn manufacturing robots into dexterous, nimble-fingered machines—affordable mechanical helpers that can easily handle different types of objects and flexibly assist human…
NIST and Forest Service Create Hazard Scale for Wildland Fires Exposure ratings can map a community’s varying risks from embers and fire
Fri, 12/07/2012 - 11:42
Two federal agencies have teamed to create the first-ever system for linking accurate assessments of risk from wildland fires to improved building codes, standards, and practices that will help communities better resist the threat. The proposed…
Registration Open for Design Review of National Manufacturing Innovation Network Jan. 16, 2013, at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Alabama
Tue, 12/04/2012 - 14:25
The first public workshop devoted to reviewing and refining the suggested design for a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), an initiative proposed by President Obama, will be held Jan. 16, 2013, at the Davidson Center for Space…
NIST Releases Annual Report on Federal Technology Transfer Breakthroughs in government labs are valuable assests for private industry
Wed, 11/28/2012 - 10:21
With new treatments for disease, test suites that safeguard computers, and even expertise to rescue miners trapped thousands of feet underground, federal laboratories have a wealth of technologies and know-how that can give U.S. companies a…
Baldrige Program Seeks Examiners Examiner Application available online and will be open until Jan. 10, 2013.
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 12:08
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- It’s been said that the one of the most prestigious qualifications a professional can have is to say that he or she was part of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners. To say you served as a…
Four Organizations Honored With the 2012 Baldrige National Quality Award Silver anniversary group features winners in four different sectors
Wed, 11/14/2012 - 12:05
Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank has named four organizations as recipients of the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement, and visionary…
Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus Culminating five years of research, an experiment that brings quantum processors closer to reality
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 13:30
In yet another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer, scientists working at Princeton and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have shown how a major hurdle in transferring information from one quantum bit, or qubit, to another…
Letitia Baldrige, Sister of Malcolm Baldrige, Dead at 86 She was instrumental in helping create the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program named after her brother
Wed, 10/31/2012 - 12:48
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Letitia Baldrige, sister of Malcolm Baldrige, died Mon., October 29, 2012, at the age of 86. In announcing her passing, her son Malcolm Hollensteiner told the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,…