70NANB24H266
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: Provenance chain network will create a reference implementation of the Commercial Trust Protocol (CTP) to manage verifiable credentials (VCs), metrology, and intellectual property, enhancing hardware security, and provenance tracking of microelectronic components across supply chains.
Activities to be performed: The awardee will develop a solution that captures and manages metrology data, integrating direct measurements and contextual manufacturing data across numerous inputs.
Expected outcomes: The advancements will enhance hardware security and provenance tracking of microelectronics components across supply chains for analysis and development advances.
Intended beneficiaries: The supply chain associated with the U.S. microelectronics industry.
Subrecipient activities: The recipient plans to subaward funds for consultant services in metrology within the semiconductor industry to develop and align their solution.
Activities to be performed: The awardee will develop a solution that captures and manages metrology data, integrating direct measurements and contextual manufacturing data across numerous inputs.
Expected outcomes: The advancements will enhance hardware security and provenance tracking of microelectronics components across supply chains for analysis and development advances.
Intended beneficiaries: The supply chain associated with the U.S. microelectronics industry.
Subrecipient activities: The recipient plans to subaward funds for consultant services in metrology within the semiconductor industry to develop and align their solution.
Awardee
Funding Goals
TO EXPLORE THE TECHNICAL MERIT OR FEASIBILITY OF AN INNOVATIVE IDEA OR TECHNOLOGY WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING A VIABLE PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE COMMERCIAL MICROELECTRONICS MARKETPLACE.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Portland,
Oregon
97224-7153
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
The Provenance Chain Network was awarded
Cooperative Agreement 70NANB24H266
worth $283,427
from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in October 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Portland Oregon United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 5 months and
was awarded through assistance program 11.042 CHIPS Research and Development.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program for CHIPS For America – CHIPS Metrology.
SBIR Details
Research Type
SBIR Phase I
Title
Defining & deploying a reference implementation of the PCN Commercial Trust Protocol (CTP) to capture, manage, and license the verifiable credentials, metrology, and IP of the semiconductor industry.
Abstract
The Provenance Chain™ Network (PCN) is developing critical metrology standards to enhance hardware security and provenance tracking of microelectronic components across supply chains for greater resilience and technical advancements. The work involves creating a reference implementation of the PCN Commercial Trust™ Protocol (CTP) to manage verifiable credentials (VCs), metrology, and intellectual property in the semiconductor industry. CTP, utilizing a Requirements, Incentives, Claims, Evidence (RICE™) methodology, will provide a universal data framework covering all supply chain entities. This approach ensures transparency, collaboration, and trust, promoting resilience in the semiconductor supply chain. PCN’s solution will capture and manage metrology data, integrating direct measurements and contextual manufacturing data to
improve traceability, security, and yield in chip fabrication.
Topic Code
7
Solicitation Number
2024-SBIR-CHIPS-01
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 10/4/24
Period of Performance
10/1/24
Start Date
3/30/27
End Date
Funding Split
$283.4K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$283.4K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
70NANB24H266
SAI Number
70NANB24H266_0
Award ID URI
EXE
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
1333ND DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Funding Office
1333ND DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Awardee UEI
HJS8HLD2LKB4
Awardee CAGE
8RW17
Performance District
OR-06
Senators
Jeff Merkley
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
Modified: 10/4/24