Precision Measurement Grant Program
- Posted
- October 25, 2024
- Closed
- May 21, 2025
- Expected awards
- 5
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement, Grant
- Assistance listing
- 11.609
- Archives
- June 20, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 11.609 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $81.5M
- FY2025 obligated
- $38.3M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $21M
- Awards in window
- 479
Top recipients: University of Maryland, College Park, The Regents of the University of Colorado, American Society for Testing and Materials, Theiss Research, Carnegie-mellon University
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for research work in the field of fundamental measurement, testing the basic laws of physics, and/or the determination of fundamental constants, with emphasis on pressing problems or emerging opportunities.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Eligible applicants include accredited institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations incorporated in the United States; State, local, Territorial, and Indian Tribal Governments; foreign public entities; and foreign organizations. Although Federal entities are not eligible to receive funding under this NOFO, they may participate as unfunded collaborators. Please note that individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible to apply under this NOFO.
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