Closed · 2009-PREP · CFDA 11.609 · Discretionary

Professional Research Experience Program (PREP)

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

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The verdict

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

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award range
Closed
application status
11.609
CFDA program
263
other opportunities from National Institute of Standards and Technology

Archived opportunity record

Professional Research Experience Program is closed. 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

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Posted Apr 28 Closed

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) is soliciting applications for financial assistance from accredited colleges and universities to enable those institutions to provide laboratory experiences and financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral associates at the NIST, Boulder Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. In Boulder, NIST carries out programs in five laboratories – Electronics and Electrical Laboratory (EEEL), Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL), Physics Laboratory (PL), Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL), and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). The objectives of the PREP are to encourage the growth and progress of science and engineering in the United States by providing research opportunities for students and post-doctoral associates, enabling them to collaborate with internationally known NIST scientists, exposing them to cutting-edge research. The PREP will promote students’ pursuit of degrees in science and engineering, and post-doctoral associates’ professional development in science and engineering. The NIST PREP Coordinator and NIST scientists will coordinate with appropriate department chairs, outreach coordinators, and directors of multi-disciplinary academic organizations to identify students and programs that would benefit from the PREP experience. Applicants must be able to ensure the availability of students for on site collaborative research experiences at the NIST Laboratories in Boulder, Colorado, concurrent with their university studies. Any participating student must also be enrolled in an academic program acceptable to both the sponsoring institution and NIST.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 2009-PREP

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).

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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.

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