Closed · 2022-NIST-PREP-01 · CFDA 11.620 · Discretionary

Professional Research Experience Program (PREP)

Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Standards and Technology, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
September 30, 2022
Close date
500
Expected awards

The verdict

Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Standards and Technology that offered Varies by applicant across 500 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 263 other opportunities from National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
500
expected awards
11.620
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Professional Research Experience Program is closed (last close September 30, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institute of Standards and Technology still indexes 263 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 30, 2022

Posted Jul 25 Closes Sep 30

Expected Awards

500

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The NIST PREP is seeking applications from eligible institutions of higher education in the U.S. and its territories that offer two- or four- year degrees in academic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to establish and manage a program to support collaborative research relationships in the NIST labs. Eligible applicants may apply to establish and manage a program at the relevant NIST campuses in Boulder, Colorado (CO) (PREP Boulder), Gaithersburg, Maryland (MD) (PREP Gaithersburg), and/or Charleston, South Carolina (SC) (PREP Gaithersburg).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 2022-NIST-PREP-01

Grants.gov marks Professional Research Experience Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institute of Standards and Technology book (255 peers, 97% of 264).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Ashley Smothers NOFO Coordinator grants@nist.gov

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What to do next

Professional Research Experience Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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