CHIPS for America Teaming Partner List Launches Recompete Pilot Program Funding Opportunityy

CHIPS for America Teaming Partner List

CHIPS for America has made available a teaming partner list that will enable entities to share information, foster collaboration, and advance shared goals. This list allows entities to share their contact information and capabilities so that potential applicants can reach out and consider utilizing their expertise to advance the CHIPS Act’s objectives.

This list includes businesses that may not qualify as covered entities under the CHIPS funding opportunities, as well as organizations that provide support services relevant to the execution of the CHIPS incentives program. These entities can include educational and workforce training providers; childcare providers; organizations that engage or support minority-owned, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses; community-based organizations; labor unions; and others. This list does not directly connect entities to potential applicants but enables external entities to explore potential strategic partnerships.

The CHIPS Program Office is not endorsing, sponsoring, or otherwise evaluating the qualifications of the entities and organizations that have self-identified for placement on the list. Entities seeking to utilize the list are advised to conduct their own due diligence of any entity they contact.

Click here to view the CHIPS for America Teaming Partner List.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $60 Million to Create a Climate Resilience Accelerator Program and Support Small Businesses through Investing in America Agenda

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators program, a $60 million investment in coastal resilience and American small businesses through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The program, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, will foster public-private partnerships to help support small businesses that are developing sustainable technologies geared toward climate resilience to attract capital, mature their technologies and scale their business models for climate impact.

“To tackle the urgent threat that climate change poses, we need all hands-on deck — that means the public and private sectors — to develop next generation technologies and innovations that will bolster climate resilience and protect our future,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, we are ensuring that America’s small businesses — the backbone of our economy — are part of developing climate solutions that make our communities healthier and local economies stronger.” Read more here.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Tours and Participates in a Roundtable at Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute

Secretary Raimondo traveled to Manchester, New Hampshire to tour the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), part of Southern New Hampshire’s BioFabrication Cluster, which is one of the winners of the EDA’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

There, she met with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, and Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig. At ARMI. Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, we are building the long-term competitiveness of the United States and have an opportunity to secure our economic and national security for the next generation through investments in the Southern New Hampshire BioFabrication Cluster and other BBBRC winners. Learn more here.

European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Strengthened for Data Flow

“The United States welcomes the European Union’s adoption of an adequacy decision for the DPF. This framework, announced by President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in March 2022, represents the culmination of years of significant collaboration between the United States and the EU and reflects our shared commitment to facilitating data flows between our respective jurisdictions in a manner that protects individual rights and personal data.”- Secretary Gina Raimondo

Trans-Atlantic data flows underpin more than $1 trillion in cross-border trade and investment per year and create greater economic opportunities for companies and citizens on both sides of the Atlantic. Now that the EU has adopted its adequacy decision for the Data Privacy Framework (DPF), personal data can be transferred from EU countries and from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to U.S. organizations participating in the EU-U.S. DPF consistent with EU law. We expect this determination will also facilitate transfers through other EU legal mechanisms, including Standard Contractual Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules. Read more here.

Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Plan to Strengthen Semiconductor Supply Chains as Part of Investing in America Agenda

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a Strategic Vision and Application Process for Semiconductor Supply Chain Projects, nearly 400 Companies Interested in CHIPS Incentives.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has shared the Biden-Harris Administration’s strategic vision to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain through CHIPS for America investments. To advance this vision, the Department announced a funding opportunity and application process for large semiconductor supply chain projects and will release later in the fall a separate process for smaller projects. Large semiconductor supply chain projects include materials and manufacturing equipment facility projects with capital investments equal to or exceeding $300 million.

Bidenomics in Action: Creating Jobs & Lowering Costs

Bidenomics has created 209,000 jobs last month, totaling 13.2 million jobs since President Biden took office. The economy has recovered all pandemic-related job losses and added nearly 4 million more. Unemployment remains under 4% for 17 consecutive months, the longest stretch in over 50 years.

Manufacturing, construction, and research & development have seen over 1.5 million job creations. Labor force participation is at its highest in over 20 years, with record-breaking participation from working-aged women. This approach prioritizes growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, resulting in the strongest pandemic recovery, low inflation, rising wages, and decreased annual inflation.

Bidenomics continues to prioritize lowering costs and supporting small businesses through promoting competition. Recognizing that capitalism thrives on fair competition, the administration has taken significant steps to address the impact of monopolies and excessive pricing. Over the past two years, the Biden Administration has made remarkable progress by collaborating with bipartisan State Attorneys General, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and industry leaders to tackle price-gouging and anticompetitive practices in food and agricultural markets.

Learn more here.

DOC Speaker Series: Commerce Up Close

On July 26th, the Department of Commerce (DOC) hosted its third episode of the Commerce Up Close speaker series. The event featured leading experts from across DOC and the White House who detailed the Department’s work negotiating the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and how it will strengthen supply chains while creating cleaner and fairer economies. This month’s panel, pictured above, featured:

(Left) Monica Gorman, Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing & Industrial Policy, National Economic Council, The White House
Luis Jimenez, Counselor to the Secretary, DOC
Sharon Yuan, Counselor and Chief IPEF Negotiator, DOC
(Right) Ty McKeiver, Director of Public Affairs, International Trade Administration, DOC

Panelists shared they are hoping to conclude negotiations on pillars III and IV by the end of the year, but long-term goals will develop additional work streams and determine how to institutionalize the results that have been achieved. The lasting impacts will lead to increased collaboration, transparency, and trust between the 13 partner countries.

If interested in learning more or attending the next Commerce Up Close event, please reach out to PHobart@doc.gov.

Highlighted Grant Opportunities

Grant Name

Closing Date

Link to grants.gov

Inflation Reduction Act: NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge

August 21, 2023

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=348810

Tech Hubs Phase 1 NOFO

Aug 15, 2023 

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=348101

Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development