“This RFP we will set the stage to start moving into scaled impact of SM in key industry verticals and supply chains, thereby contributing to the national goals of greenhouse gas reduction and decarbonization through manufacturing efficiencies. The time is now!”

Haresh Malkani

CTO, CESMII

Contact
Jillian Kupchella
Director of Marketing
CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute
jillian.kupchella@cesmii.org

Up to $2.0M in Funding for Smart Manufacturing Innovation and Research

LOS ANGELES – CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute™ is driving efficiency and innovation for U.S. manufacturers, through the funding of Smart Manufacturing (SM) technology, research and education. We do this through Request for Proposals (RFPs), focusing on priorities defined by our mission, strategy and the institute roadmap. This RFP allocates up to $2.0M ($1M in Federal funding matched by $1M in cost share) for Extended Impact and Industry Projects.

Extended Impact Projects will showcase energy productivity and/or operational efficiencies in exemplar industry use cases from energy intensive industries (such as steel, cement, food, chemicals) including the manufacturing supply chains, that could employ, augment, or extend existing SM building block technologies (sensing, control, analytics and predictive modeling) and educational content created from CESMII projects from previous funding cycles. These projects, based on the success story from the previous funding, will focus on additional ideas to showcase the extended impacts.

Industry Demonstration Projects will showcase energy productivity and/or operational efficiencies in exemplar industry use cases from energy intensive industries and/or manufacturing supply chains, that could employ and/or contribute to existing CESMII SM technologies (SM Innovation Platform (SMIP), SM Profiles, and the SM Marketplace). These projects will be led by a large or medium manufacturer, along with several small and medium manufacturers in their supply chain.

“Over the last several RFP cycles, we have been focused on developing SM technologies and training content and have validated and demonstrated them in a range of manufacturing use cases, from energy intensive industries to discrete manufacturing.” states Haresh Malkani, CTO of CESMII. “With this RFP we will set the stage to start moving into scaled impact of SM in key industry verticals and supply chains, thereby contributing to the national goals of greenhouse gas reduction and decarbonization through manufacturing efficiencies. The time is now!”

Details of the RFP are available here 

About CESMII

CESMII is the United States’ national institute on Smart Manufacturing, driving cultural and technological transformation and secure industrial technologies as national imperatives. By enabling frictionless movement of information – raw and contextualized data – between real-time Operations and the people and systems that create value in and across Manufacturing organizations, CESMII is ensuring the power of information and innovation is at the fingertips of everyone who touches manufacturing.

Founded in 2016, in partnership with Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), CESMII is the third institute funded by EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office. The Institute is accelerating Smart Manufacturing (SM) adoption through the integration of advanced sensors, data (ingestion – contextualization – modeling – analytics), platforms and controls to radically impact manufacturing performance, through measurable improvements in areas such as: quality, throughput, costs/profitability, safety, asset reliability and energy productivity. CESMII’s program and administrative home is with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). www.CESMII.org