Closed · 2025-NIST-MEP-01 · CFDA 11.611 · Discretionary

MEP Center State Competition

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

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
January 9, 2025
Close date
11
Expected awards

The verdict

MEP Center State Competition is a closed discretionary listing from National Institute of Standards and Technology that offered Varies by applicant across 11 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
11
expected awards
11.611
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

MEP Center State Competition is closed (last close January 9, 2025). 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 January 9, 2025

Posted Oct 11 Closes Jan 9

Expected Awards

11

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

NIST MEP is seeking applications from eligible applicants to enter into a cooperative agreement to operate an MEP Center in one of the following states: Texas, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Michigan, Virginia, Connecticut, North Carolina, Oregon, Colorado, and Indiana. The MEP Center will provide manufacturing extension services to small and mid-sized manufacturers (SMMs) and will become part of the MEP National Network™, which consists of 51 MEP Centers located in every State and Puerto Rico, and over 1,440 trusted advisors and experts at approximately 460 MEP service locations.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 2025-NIST-MEP-01

Grants.gov marks MEP Center State Competition 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. 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

Misty L Roosa Management Analyst

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What to do next

MEP Center State Competition is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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