Description
The Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking industry partners to participate in short-term, collaborative projects to accelerate development of new energy efficient manufacturing technologies. The MDF provides a collaborative, shared infrastructure to help industry adopt energy efficient, rapid, and flexible manufacturing technologies to lower production cost, and create new products and opportunities for high-paying jobs. The primary focus of this announcement is to target projects that will impact the technical areas of additive manufacturing, carbon fiber and composites, lightweight metals processing, roll-to-roll processing, and battery manufacturing.
• The project will be conducted during a short-time period, with at least 50% cost share required on the part of the industrial participant.
• The participant cost-share cannot be met using funds from U.S. Government sources.
• Funds will not be provided to the industrial participant by ORNL.
• The project will be performed with a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) as the contract instrument.
• Proposals should be completed using the attached template in the announcement package.
• Proposers are encouraged to consult with ORNL technical staff to develop a work scope that is technically feasible and compatible with ORNL facilities and capabilities.
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Bob Slattery