The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new solicitation for Future Manufacturing (FM) program. The program came about as a result of the “White House Strategy for American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing”, which called attention to how the next generation of technological competition in manufacturing will be dictated by new inventions. The goal of this solicitation is to support fundamental research and education of a future workforce that will enable what is being called “Future Manufacturing”, manufacturing that either does not exist today or exists only at such small scales that it is not viable. Three thrust areas have been identified for support in FY2020 under this solicitation: Future Cyber Manufacturing Research, Future Eco Manufacturing Research, and Future Biomanufacturing Research. As the solicitation states “Fundamental research will be required in robotic, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, material science, sustainability, education and public policy, and workforce development to take the lead in this global competition”.
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