The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) received a proposed $928.3 million budget for Fiscal Year 2014, an increase from previous years, aimed at advancing U.S. innovation and manufacturing competitiveness. The budget focuses on several key areas including advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, healthcare IT, disaster resilience, and forensic science. A major part of the funding goes to NIST’s laboratories and external programs like the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which helps small manufacturers improve their operations.
The budget also includes plans for new research facilities and supports initiatives such as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), which brings together industry leaders, universities, and government to invest in cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. Additional funds are allocated for cybersecurity research, advanced communications development, smart systems in manufacturing, electronic health record standards, forensic science improvements, disaster resilience strategies, identity security projects like the Identity Ecosystem initiative (NSTIC), and education efforts under the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). These investments aim to strengthen American industries’ global position through technological advancement and collaboration with private sector partners.
Keywords: quantum computing, measurement science, standards development
