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In the background, several other suited researchers discuss something." height="2000" loading="lazy" src="/web/20220706201832im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/images/2018/07/17/18mml022_preparing-a-sample-at-hml-alex-holt-032.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="3000"><figcaption class="nist-image__caption"><div class="nist-image__caption-content" data-caption-editable="true"> A scientist prepares a sample at Hollings Marine Laboratory, a joint research facility run by NIST and its partners in Charleston, South Carolina. </div> <div class="nist-image__credit"> <span class="nist-image__credit-label">Credit:</span> A. Holt/NIST </div> </figcaption></figure><p>NIST is a unique federal agency. Its mission is broad鈥攖o 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.</p> <p>An essential part of NIST's work is to anticipate the future. Fast-moving sectors such as nanotechnology, quantum information science, homeland security, information technology, and advanced manufacturing need sophisticated technical support systems to flourish and grow. NIST provides that support by continually improving the U.S. measurement system, developing new technologies, fostering standards, and providing both the business and technical evaluation tools needed to produce quality products and organizations.</p> <div class="nist-callout"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class="grid-col"> <p><a href="#User">User Facilities</a><br><a href="#Joint">Joint Research Organizations</a><br><a href="#Partnerships">Research Partnerships</a><br><a href="#Extramural">Extramural Programs</a><br><a href="#Centers">NIST Centers of Excellence Program</a></p> </div> <div class="grid-col"> <p><a href="#Funding">NIST Funding Opportunities</a><br><a href="#Results">Accessing NIST Research Results</a><br><a href="#Measurement">NIST Measurement Products and Services</a><br><a href="#Consortia">Convening Consortia and Public Working Groups</a><br><a href="#Employment">Employment</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <h2><a name="User" id="User"></a>User Facilities</h2> <p>NIST has several user facilities available for both proprietary and non-proprietary research. Access to these facilities is generally provided on a first-come, first-served cost-reimbursable basis. Examples include facilities for gamma-ray sources, small-angle X-ray scattering, nanotechnology, nitrogen flow measurements, heat release calorimetry聽and neutron radiography.</p> <ul><li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0490151d-3bd8-454c-8036-dc49d0f05a95" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/ncnr" title="NIST Center for Neutron Research">NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="39be598c-90c5-4f73-962a-e0d9f66987eb" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/cnst" title="Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology">Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology</a></li> </ul><h2><a name="Joint" id="Joint"></a>Joint Research Organizations</h2> <p>NIST has long-standing research partnerships that have produced unparalleled technical breakthroughs. Some of these institutes are in proximity to the NIST campuses in Maryland and Colorado but others are strategically located to leverage local expertise and resources.</p> <ul><li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9ff25061-510a-40a0-8ef5-b39eafc1c408" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/mml/hollings-marine-laboratory" title="Hollings Marine Laboratory">Hollings Marine Laboratory</a> (Charleston, South Carolina)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/">Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research</a> (Rockville, Maryland)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://jila.colorado.edu/">JILA</a> (Boulder, Colorado)</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1199f47a-ac0f-4af2-9fa1-9e5f19f815d0" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/jimb" title="Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology">Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology</a> (Stanford, California)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://jqi.umd.edu/">Joint Quantum Institute</a> (College Park, Maryland)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/">National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence</a> (Gaithersburg, MD)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.bnl.gov/ps/">National Synchrotron Light Source II</a> (Long Island, New York)</li> </ul><h2><a name="Partnerships" id="Partnerships"></a>Research Partnerships</h2> <p>There are a number of mechanisms for NIST to formally collaborate with industry, academia聽and other government agencies to perform research that furthers the NIST mission.聽In addition to the mechanisms listed below, NIST researchers frequently collaborate informally with researchers at other organizations. These collaborations often result in joint peer-reviewed papers, short-term visits聽and sharing of research methods.</p> <ul><li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="312716a4-a83c-4fdb-b6e8-22d4626c5af5" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/tpo/partnerships/cooperative-research-and-development-agreement-crada" title="Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)">Cooperative Research and Development Agreements</a> (CRADAs)</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8724b7be-2c25-4a8a-b7db-16acf0dc466f" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/iaao/office-international-affairs/foreign-guest-researcher-program" title="Foreign Guest Researcher Program">Guest Researcher Program</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d37c5072-3b01-437f-9321-a4f6f2a865d7" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/tpo/material-transfer-agreements-mtas" title="Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)">Material Transfer Agreements</a> (MTAs)</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fde326f3-b753-44b7-98fd-5e3226fe3546" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/reimbursable-agreements-coordination-office" title="Business Operations Office, Agreements Team">Reimbursable Agreements Coordination Office</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3ec28f90-d154-40ab-83f6-d9aba6f47c24" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/tpo/information-exchange" title="Information Exchange">Information Exchange</a></li> </ul><h2><a name="Extramural" id="Extramural"></a>Extramural Programs</h2> <p>NIST provides three important externally focused services: the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) and the Manufacturing USA program. These programs are public-private partnerships that fill the gap where precompetitive research鈥攚ork that that is too expensive or specialized for any one company to undertake alone鈥攃an move a whole industry forward. They serve as the link between manufacturers and the technology opportunities and solutions they require to be globally competitive. They provide a standard of performance excellence that helps organizations succeed in the marketplace.</p> <ul><li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7b07fbe0-a9fb-4235-80d2-3ac4d565cdaa" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/mep" title="Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)">Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="0a013984-e284-4d05-86bc-13169264a312" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/baldrige" title="Baldrige Performance Excellence Program">Baldrige Performance Excellence Program</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.manufacturingusa.com/">Manufacturing USA</a></li> </ul><h2><a name="Centers" id="Centers"></a>NIST Centers of Excellence Program</h2> <p>The NIST <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a72dead5-f67b-4988-87bf-eee517fd8b1e" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/coe" title="Centers of Excellence">Centers of Excellence</a> program聽seeks to provide an interdisciplinary environment where researchers from NIST, academia and industry will collaborate on emerging areas of basic and applied research and innovations in measurement science.</p> <ul><li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d08bee33-20b9-4203-b814-17f3bc40e9c6" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/coe/advanced-materials-center-excellence" title="Advanced Materials Center of Excellence">Advanced Materials Center of Excellence</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2b3cd390-7050-46e5-97b7-10021584cfe8" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/coe/community-resilience-center-excellence" title="Community Resilience Center of Excellence">Community Resilience Center of 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id="Results"></a>Accessing NIST Research Results</h2> <p>NIST works to disseminate its research results as broadly as possible through peer-reviewed research journals, technical reports, conference presentations, patent disclosures聽and other methods.</p> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/publications">Publications</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/patents">Patents database</a></li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a07453cd-ed4a-453b-beb6-936d0f721a08" href="/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/tpo/licensing-nist-technologies" title="Licensing NIST Technologies">Licensable Technology</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software">Software</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220706201832/https://data.nist.gov/">Data</a></li> </ul><h2><a 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