{"id":40667,"date":"2018-02-14T13:33:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/?p=40667"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:33:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:33:21","slug":"ohio-manufacturing-executive-partnership-mep-advanced-manufacturing-program-amp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2018\/02\/14\/ohio-manufacturing-executive-partnership-mep-advanced-manufacturing-program-amp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Manufacturing Executive Partnership (MEP) Advanced Manufacturing Program (AMP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Manufacturing Executive Partnership (MEP) Advanced Manufacturing Program (AMP) RFP is now available.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this opportunity please click on the link below: <a href=\"https:\/\/development.ohio.gov\/bs\/bs_mep.htm\">https:\/\/development.ohio.gov\/bs\/bs_mep.htm<\/a>\u00a0<em>Click on 2018 Advanced Manufacturing Program RFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RFP Released \u2013 February 9, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Pre-bid Conferences \u2013 February 26, 2018 at 10:30 am February 27, 2018 at 1:30 pm<\/li>\n<li>Proposals Due \u2013 March 21, 2018 by 5 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Advanced Manufacturing Program (AMP) is a competitive grant program that supports the adoption and extension of existing advanced manufacturing technologies by Ohio manufacturers.\u00a0 The Program promotes collaboration among small and medium-sized manufacturing firms, large manufacturers, Ohio\u2019s research institutions and other eligible non-profit organizations to advance the growth and competitiveness of Ohio\u2019s manufacturing base.<\/p>\n<p>The Program was previously known as the Thomas Edison Program.\u00a0 It is one of the longest active tech-based economic development initiatives in the country.\u00a0 It was developed in 1983 to combat the decline of the manufacturing sector by promoting the development and implementation of new technologies for products and production. To that end, AMP is again being offered as a competitive grant program to encourage the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes in support of this important sector of the state\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Manufacturing Executive Partnership (MEP) Advanced Manufacturing Program (AMP) RFP is now available. For more information on this opportunity please click on the link below: https:\/\/development.ohio.gov\/bs\/bs_mep.htm\u00a0Click on 2018 Advanced Manufacturing Program RFP Important Dates: RFP Released \u2013 February 9, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2018\/02\/14\/ohio-manufacturing-executive-partnership-mep-advanced-manufacturing-program-amp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3559,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29278],"class_list":["post-40667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-manufacturing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40671,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40667\/revisions\/40671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}