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CHIPS Incentives Funding Opportunities
The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is a key part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and provides $52.7 billion in federal funding to revitalize the domestic semiconductor industry. Of that sum, the CHIPS Program Office within the U.S. Department of Commerce is responsible for administering $39 billion in semiconductor incentives.
CHIPS for America has released the following funding opportunities for CHIPS incentives:
- February 28, 2023: Notice of Funding Opportunity: Commercial Fabrication Facilities
- June 23, 2023: Widened the scope of this funding opportunity to seek applications for the construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment for which the capital investment equals or exceeds $300 million.
- September 29, 2023: Notice of Funding Opportunity: Small-Scale Supply Chain Projects
- Open to projects for the construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment for which the capital investment falls below $300 million.
Statements of interest from all potential applicants for these funding opportunities closed on June 18, 2024.
Below you will also find links to helpful resources, including the applicant portal, guides and templates, fact sheets, and instructions on how to submit a Statement of Interest. Please note that the CHIPS Program Office will be updating guides and templates, as applicable, to address newly eligible potential applicants.
For more application-related questions, please email apply [at] chips.gov (apply[at]chips[dot]gov).
For general inquiries, email askchips [at] chips.gov.
Application Resources:
- Application Portal
- Statement of Interest Instructions
- Guides and Templates
- Small Business Fact Sheet
- Due Diligence Process Fact Sheet
- CHIPS Award Phase Overview
Additional Resources:
- Vision for Success: Commercial Fabrication Facilities
- Vision for Success: Facilities for Semiconductor Materials and Manufacturing Equipment
Notice of Funding Opportunity Update
March 29, 2024: Due to overwhelming demand for CHIPS incentive funding, along with recent changes in the FY2024 appropriations law, the CHIPS Program Office has decided not to move forward at this time with the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the construction, modernization, or expansion of semiconductor research and development (R&D) facilities in the United States.
Bolstering domestic semiconductor R&D remains a top priority of the CHIPS for America program, and the CHIPS R&D Office, which is investing $11 billion into developing a robust domestic R&D ecosystem, has and will have future funding opportunities for R&D projects. CHIPS for America encourages interested parties to visit the CHIPS R&D Office's website to learn more about the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP), including the current NAPMP funding opportunity, CHIPS Metrology, CHIPS Manufacturing USA Program, and future announcements.