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Diversifying Semiconductor Supply

ID: SFOP0009975 • Type: Posted

Description

The Department of State's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of Multilateral Trade Affairs (EB/TPN/MTA) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Under this NOFO, EB/TPN/MTA seeks proposals to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities outlined in the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act of 2022 (Div. A, P.L. 117-167). The Act established a new International Technology Security and Innovation Fund (ITSI Fund) to support the development and adoption of secure semiconductors, [and] semiconductor supply chains with the goal to make the global semiconductor supply chain more resilient, diversified, and secure. EB/TPN/MTA administers a portion of the ITSI funds to help expand international semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging capacity that will in turn diversify the global semiconductor supply chain. The CHIPS Act legislated that ITSI must build diverse and resilient semiconductor supply chains for U.S.-based industry needs. The goal of this project is to bring that capacity online in ways that will be beneficial to the new U.S. semiconductor manufacturing facilities as well as our allies and partners. EB/TPN/MTA has identified the key regulatory and policy levers to attract semiconductor supply chain investments, identified workforce development needs, and on regulatory and infrastructure impediments. Programming to be funded with FY 2023 Economic Support Funds (ESF) will diversify and expand the semiconductor chip assembly, testing, and packaging ( ATP or downstream ) operations in key partner countries in the Americas and the Indo-Pacific region.
Background
The Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of Multilateral Trade Affairs (EB/TPN/MTA) seeks proposals to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities outlined in the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act of 2022. The Act established a new International Technology Security and Innovation Fund (ITSI Fund) to support the development and adoption of secure semiconductors and semiconductor supply chains with the goal to make the global semiconductor supply chain more resilient, diversified, and secure.

Grant Details
The goal of this project is to expand international semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging capacity that will diversify the global semiconductor supply chain. Programming funded with FY 2023 Economic Support Funds (ESF) will diversify and expand the semiconductor chip assembly, testing, and packaging operations in key partner countries in the Americas and the Indo-Pacific region. The program goals are to engage host governments, industry, and stakeholders to address supply chain gaps/bottlenecks, increase private investment, build technical capacity, improve global integration, and develop the workforce.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include U.S. private institutions of higher education (universities and colleges), U.S. public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. For-profit and commercial firms are not eligible to apply in response to this NOFO. Organizations must have a commitment to equal opportunity employment practices and non-discrimination practices regarding beneficiaries.

Period of Performance
The period of performance is 24 months. The application must be submitted by 11:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on September 29, 2023.

Grant Value
$13,800,000 is available for one award under this funding opportunity.

Place of Performance
ITSI Funds may benefit countries in the Americas, initially in Costa Rica, Panama, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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Overview

Agency
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB) [DOS]
Category of Funding
Business and Commerce
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Program (CFDA)
19.322 - Economic Statecraft
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 7/25/23 the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs posted grant opportunity SFOP0009975 for Diversifying Semiconductor Supply with funding of $13.8 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 19.322 Economic Statecraft. It is expected that one grant will be made worth between $13.8 million and $13.8 million.

Timing

Posted Date
July 25, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Sept. 29, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
July 25, 2023, 11:42 a.m. EDT
Version
1

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$13,800,000
Floor
$13,800,000
Estimated Program Funding
$13,800,000
Estimated Number of Grants
1

Contacts

Contact
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
Contact Email
none
Contact Phone
(202) 890-9795
Additional Information
Link to Opportunity in SAMS Domestic
Additional Information Site
https://mygrants.servicenowservices.com/grants?id=grants_funding_opportunity&table=u_domestic_funding_opportunity&sys_id=9f6dbc9b1b0cf51048dbed3ce54bcbcf&view=Default

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