Manufacturing USA® 2020 Impacts

Annual Highlights Report

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ams/NIST.AMS.600-6.pdf
Manufacturing USA Pandemic Response

Special COVID-19 report

CARES Act projects with national impact

American Rescue Plan Act appropriated $150M to NIST for 

additional Manufacturing USA Pandemic Response Projects

• $90M for NIST NIIMBL (biopharma manufacturing)

• $60M for other MFG USA institutes https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ams/NIST.AMS.600-7.pdf
NIIMBL: DOC/NIST-Sponsored Institute

Launched March 2017

5-year

$189M public-private 

partnership

> $75M portfolio 

technical + workforce 

development projects

189 members: 

Biopharmaceutical 

manufacturers, CMOs, 

suppliers, small biotechs, nonprofits, major research 

universities + community 

colleges, federal agencies

Whole-of-industry

NIIMBL-led programs 

End-to-end Process 

Intensification

launched 2020

Big Data 

launched 2020

Vaccine Analytics 

and Assays 

to launch 2021

Vector 

Manufacturing 

to launch 2021

Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation 

Representative Members
NIIMBL Institute Renewal

• DOC institutes can be renewed ‘subject to a rigorous 

performance assessment’

• Renewal award period limited to original period of 

award (5-7 years)

MFG USA statute 

amendment 

(2019)

• Developed and piloted for NIIMBL in May 2021

• 16 performance standards aligned with MFG USA goals

• 2-day external evaluation panel of industry, academia, 

non-profit, government

Renewal 

Assessment 

Protocol

• Panel consensus: NIIMBL has met all performance 

standards for renewal, NIST Director supports 

renewal, no gap in appropriations

Outcome

‘Panelists...expressed admiration for 

NIIMBL’s achievements to date in 

bringing the secretive 

biopharmaceutical industry out into 

precompetitive collaborative space. ‘

- NIST Director’s Report, May 2021
National need for manufacturing technology hubs 

and creation of jobs and markets of the future

Advanced manufacturing is the basis of our 

economic and national security

Manufacturing provides living wage jobs and 

strengthens communities across the country

China: 16 innovation centers with plans for 40 by 

2025

Germany: 72 Fraunhofer institutes, each on 

different topics

Manufacturing USA institutes position the U.S. for 

world leadership in advanced manufacturing

Compelling National Need for Institutes

The 2018-2022 National Strategic Plan for Advanced 

Manufacturing, for example, describes several critical 

areas, all of which need additional support in 

manufacturing technology and workforce development 

Critical Areas for U.S. Manufacturing

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

Materials and Processing Technologies

Medical Products Manufacturing 

Electronics Design and Fabrication

Food and Agricultural Manufacturing

Potential topics for new institutes include Artificial 

Intelligence in Manufacturing; Critical Materials 

Manufacturing; Continuous Manufacturing of Medical 

Products; Semiconductor Design Tools and Fabrication; 

Processing, Testing and Traceability in Food Safety
FY22 Plans

Congressional Authorizations

Endless Frontier Act: bill

Senate proposes ~15 additional NIST Manufacturing USA institutes

CHIPS Act: passed (via the FY2020 NDAA)

Authorizes a NIST Manufacturing USA institute on semiconductor 

manufacturing

Appropriations

FY22 President’s Budget Request

FY22 budget requests two additional NIST-sponsored institutes

American Jobs and Manufacturing Plan

Administration proposes 10 NIST institutes, Manufacturing USA 

Education + Workforce Development program, work with MEP to 

support Technology Hubs

Well-proven, scalable model of two-stage institute 

competitions leveraging NIST unique authority for 

“open topic” institute competitions, allowing 

multiple institutes under a single competition

• “All-star team” proposals

• National priorities may be encouraged 

as selection factors

• Preferences may be given for equity and 

rural/underserved regions

• NIST technology roadmap competition to aid in 

institute planning and formation