Center Cost-Share and Term of Eligibility.

The article reports on the cost-sharing and terms of eligibility for funding the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Topics include the requirement among centers to meet the nonfederal cost-share to be eligible for the federal funding, the aspects of cost-sharing which strengthen the association among organizations involved in the cooperative arrangement, and the terms of the eligibility of the centers for funding.