IN-MaC Funding Opportunities

DMDII: Digital Manufacturing Digital Innovation

Sponsor/Lead Entity: Department of Defense/Creative Composites Solutions Corp (a wholly owned subsidiary of University of Tennessee Knoxville)

Purdue Lead: Nathan W. Hartman, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing and Director,
Product Lifecycle Management Center, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Funding Opportunities: Announced from time to time by DMDII/UI Labs. 100% cost share required. Purdue and IN-MaC have a set aside for proposals that advance the IN-MaC Digital Enterprise vision. Cost share commitments are managed by Professor Hartman.

IACMI: Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation

Sponsor/Lead Entity: Department of Energy/UI Labs (a Chicago-based research and commercialization collaborative)

Purdue Lead: R. Byron Pipes, John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director, Composites Manufacturing Simulation Center Funding Opportunities: 100% matching required, partnership opportunities available for company focused projects. Indiana Economic Development Corporation has committed significant cost share for Indiana focused composites manufacturing projects that draw IACMI/DOE funds. The Indiana program is focused on simulation of composites manufacturing. All projects are coordinated by Professor Pipes.

LIFT: Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow

Sponsor/Lead Entity: Department of Defense/ ALMMII (a collaboration among Ohio-based manufacturing technology non-profit EWI, the University of Michigan, and The Ohio State University)

Purdue Lead: Michael Sangid, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Funding Opportunities: Announced from time to time by LIFT. 100% matching required.

NextFlex: Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute

Sponsor/Lead Entity: Department of Defense/FlexTech Alliance, a membership organization “devoted to fosterinog the growth, profitability and success of the flexible and printed electronics supply chain, and the many application areas enabled by this new class of electronic intelligence”.

Purdue Lead: Ali Shakouri, Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of Birck Nanotechnology Center & Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Funding Opportunities: Announced from time to time by LIFT. 100% matching required. Purdue and IN-MaC have a set aside for proposals that advance the Purdue vision in this space. Contact Professor Shakouri for details on cost share access.