FY24 opportunities for CABLE funding are led by AMMTO under the Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process Innovation. The production of technologies that are needed for energy transition will require new materials, new manufacturing processes, and new circular materials flows, which can be facilitated by the modernization of manufacturing. Smart manufacturing provides a systemic approach for this modernization that holds great promise to significantly improve productivity, efficiency, safety, security, and sustainability of U.S. manufacturing and energy systems.

Smart manufacturing refers to the suite of platform technologies that directly support the digital transformation of the manufacturing enterprise across the entire production lifecycle, which includes design, process, production, supply network, and enterprise levels. Platform technologies are manufacturing technologies that can be applied to manufacture multiple products. This FOA applies smart manufacturing across four topic areas:

1. Smart Manufacturing for a Circular Economy
2. Smart Manufacturing of Tooling and Equipment for Sustainable Transportation
3. Smart Manufacturing for High Performance Materials
4. Smart Technologies for Sustainable and Competitive U.S. Mining.

Please refer to the funding opportunity announcement for topic specific eligibility requirements.