This indicator demonstrates that NCCoE work products are available to industry. Companies that participate in NCCoE projects partner with NIST through Technology Partnerships, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, and lnteragency Agreements. These partnerships are in-depth, active collaborations. The outputs of these projects become publicly available to the whole community in work products like NIST Special Publications, fact sheets, and demos.

This performance indicator measures the number of jobs created and retained by communities and regions attributable to the EDA grant to support workforce development through training.

The number of existing full time and/or part time employment positions created and/or retained as reported by a MBE client served.

This performance indicator measures the number of EDA grants made to communities and regions to help build community and regional capacity for entrepreneurship and innovation.