Information Regarding the Stimulus Package

NIST Guidance

• NIST ARRA Funding Priorities of Interest
• $220 million for supporting competitive grants for measurements, research and documentary standards support advancing NIST’s mission and national support; research fellowships and the purchase of advanced measurement and research equipment for NIST
• $180 million for NIST laboratory construction
• $180 million for a competitively awarded extramural construction grants program
• $20 million transfer from HHS to support the development and testing of standards for computerized medical records
• No further information available at posting

NIST Recovery Website

For more information
or any questions
please contact:

Josie Rook
Executive Director
Office of the
Vice Provost for Research
rookj@upenn.edu
215-898-7236