Federal Programs from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Education Quality Award Ambassadorship National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Support Baldrige National quality Program (BNQP) award winners in conducting outreach, serving as role models, and encouraging other organizations to practice effective quality control in the provisio...more
Calibration Program National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) To provide a consistent system of physical measurement in the United States of America....more
National Standard Reference Data System National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) To make evaluated scientific and technical data readily available to scientists, engineers, and the general public....more
Standard Reference Materials National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Materials are certified and issued by NIST to develop accurate methods of analysis; to calibrate measurement systems used to: (1) facilitate the exchange of goods, (2) institute qua...more
Weights and Measures Service National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) To provide leadership and technical resources to assure the accuracy of the quantities and quantity representations in all commercial transactions in the United States, to promote a uniform national w...more
To provide scientific research and technology transfer for measurement and engineering research and standards....more
National Center for Standards and Certification Information National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) To serve as a standards information and conformity assessment center and referral service, by maintaining a reference collection of standards and specifications, regulations, certification rules, dire...more
To establish, maintain, and support manufacturing extension centers and services, the functions of which are to improve the competitiveness of firms accelerating the usage of appropriate manufacturing...more
Advanced Technology Program National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) To work in partnership with industry to foster the development and broad dissemination of challenging, high-risk technologies that offer the potential for significant, broad-based economic benefits fo...more
Technology Innovation Program (TIP) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technology Innovation Program (TIP), is a cost-shared federal financial assistance program to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research i...more
For 2014, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has recognized 37 individuals for their outstanding work in the field of social enterprise.