The NIST Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) program was a competitive grants program created to establish new or strengthen existing industry-driven consortia that address high-priority research challenges in order to grow advanced manufacturing in the United States.
Competitions were held in 2013 and 2014, and awards were made in 2014 and 2015. All of the 35 awards except one have since concluded and no further awards have been made.
Numerous technology roadmaps resulted from these awards and are available via the links below. Many of the Manufacturing USA® institutes made use of AmTech roadmaps in determining which R&D projects to pursue.
Five Manufacturing USA institutes were created as a result of AmTech projects: 1. AIM Photonics, 2. MxD: The Digital Manufacturing Institute (f/k/a DMDII), 3. LIFT (lightweight metals); 4. NIIMBL (biopharmaceuticals); and 5. REMADE (sustainable manufacturing).
Learn more about the roadmaps and project outcomes:
2013 Planning Awards
Title |
Recipient |
Roadmaps / Contact |
Federal Funds |
Electrochemical Pathway for Sustainable Manufacturing (EPSuM) Consortium |
Ohio University | Roadmap Link |
$378,928 |
Consortium for Accelerated Innovation and Insertion of Advanced Composites (CAIIAC) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Roadmap Link |
$385,112 |
Pathway to Improved Metalcasting Manufacturing Technology & Processes - Taking Metalcasting Beyond 2020 | American Foundry Society |
$396,287 |
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Thermal Manufacturing Industries Advanced Technology Consortium (TMI ATC) | ASM International | Roadmap Link |
$400,000 |
MTConnect Roadmap Strategy to Promote Advanced Manufacturing in the United States | National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining |
Roadmap Contact: Tim Shinbara, MTConnect Institute, 703-827-5243, tshinbara [at] amtonline.org (tshinbara[at]amtonline[dot]org) |
$434,577 |
Advanced Simulation and Visualization for Steel Optimization Consortium | Purdue University |
$480,049 |
|
Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing of Pulp and Paper Products | Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, Inc. |
5 Roadmaps available at: |
$482,078 |
Distributed Wind Energy Association | Roadmap Link |
$488,634 |
|
Facilitating Industry By Engineering, Roadmapping and Science (FIBERS) to Advance U.S. | University of Massachusetts Lowell | Roadmap Link |
$496,439 |
University of Rochester | Roadmap contact: paul.ballentine [at] rochester.edu (paul[dot]ballentine[at]rochester[dot]edu) |
$498,430 |
|
SEMATECH Inc | Terminated early without a roadmap |
$498,825 |
|
Architecting an Institute for Flexible Electronics Manufacturing |
AZ Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University |
$499,441 |
|
Development of a Comprehensive Advanced Joining and Forming Technology Roadmap | Edison Welding Institute |
$499,485 |
|
Cell Manufacturing Consortium | Georgia Research Alliance |
$499,636 |
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Development of Roadmap and Consortium for Innovation in Sheet Metal Forming | Northwestern University |
$499,899 |
|
Power Electronics Industry Collaborative |
$500,000 |
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Partnering on Research and Innovation in Sustainable Manufacturing |
University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Roadmap contact: is.jawahir [at] uky.edu (is[dot]jawahir[at]uky[dot]edu) |
$500,000 |
The Pennsylvania State University | Roadmap Link |
$500,000 |
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International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, INC | Roadmap Link |
$539,990 |