Internal deadline: Thursday, August 1

DoE has released FOA Number: DE-FOA-0003329 Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process with a very short timeline for submission and limits the number of concept papers per institution to no more than one per topic area. Required concept papers are due to DoE by August 22, 2024, and full applications are due to DoE by November 18, 2024.  

This FOA seeks applications to address the development of smart manufacturing technologies – including through “smart RD&D” – that can contribute to a resilient, responsive, leading-edge and efficient manufacturing sector that delivers the technologies needed for the nation’s clean energy transition. The manufacturing community can reduce manufacturing costs and accelerate time-to-market by integrating performance characteristics of final products with processes aided by a smart manufacturing framework. The information-driven collaborative orchestration of physical and digital processes across the entire value chain is one aspect of smart manufacturing. Smart manufacturing relies on a combination of physical and virtual technologies to make designing, processing and manufacturing faster, higher value-added, more resilient, sustainable and more cost-effective. Individual processes within a plant, factory or entire value chain are integrated and continually monitored with sensing, process modeling and predictive analytics. The physical processes focus on controlling and optimizing processing conditions for desired outcomes, while virtual processes uncover underlying complex interactions between the physical processes and provide insight into better ways to design and manufacture products (i.e., feedback for physical processes). This FOA seeks to implement smart manufacturing across several diverse application areas and market sectors to: (a) show the benefits of incorporating smart manufacturing in areas aligned with AMMTO’s mission, and (b) to provide practical experience which will be used to further refine AMMTO’s smart manufacturing strategy and future R&D direction.

Detailed technical descriptions of the following Topic Areas are provided in the FOA.

Topic Area 1: Smart Manufacturing for a Circular Economy
Topic Area 2: Smart Manufacturing of Tooling and Equipment for Sustainable Transportation
Topic Area 3: Smart Manufacturing for High Performance Materials
Topic Area 4: Smart Technologies for Sustainable and Competitive U.S. Mining

PIs are asked to submit the following information for internal review:

1. Title and Topic Area
2. PI name and department
3. Names and affiliation of co-PIs, if applicable
4. 1-2 page summary of proposed effort

Please share this information among PIs in your unit who are working in relevant research areas.  Interested PIs should submit a single PDF with the requested information to grants@research.wisc.edu by Thursday, August 1.

Questions?
Contact grants@research.wisc.edu.