McAllister & Quinn assisted a client secure a $3M grant award through the Department of Commerce to develop an Advanced Manufacturing Performance Center that focuses on enhancing R&D opportunities and advanced technology workforce development activities for the semiconductor supply chain ecosystem. Working with both state and local governments in the region, McAllister & Quinn was also able to secure support and state/local matching funds for our client. McAllister & Quinn helped develop the concept, organized outreach to market our client’s value proposition, and wrote the successful proposal submission.

McAllister & Quinn assisted one of its clients with securing an $8M R&D contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for next-generation microelectronics R&D. This project, supported by DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative, constitutes a multi-year research effort to develop new materials and technologies for enhanced artificial intelligence performance and power efficiency. McAllister & Quinn assisted with concept development, outreach to federal program managers, and the development of the successful proposal submission.

McAllister & Quinn developed a manufacturing and materials processing consortium that has resulted in over $60M in funding for a four-year period. While developing the consortium, McAllister & Quinn assisted the consortium with the build-out of a detailed technical road map in partnership with the Army. Additionally, McAllister & Quinn assisted with organizing and convening quarterly technology showcase/workshop events with the over 35 consortium members and Army R&D program managers. The consortium utilizes a flexible Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract vehicle, that is well suited for non-traditional defense contractors, as it does not require onerous federal accounting standards. Through this contract vehicle, R&D task orders are developed with the Army and consortium members, and executed via the OTA contract vehicle.

McAllister & Quinn worked with a microelectronics-related academic and industrial consortium to support the authorization and appropriation of funding for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) and the accompanying Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation (RAMI) legislation, now known as Manufacturing USA. This activity led to the passage of the NNMI program to establish Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation (IMIs) at the DoD, DOE, and DOC. A total of 16 IMIs have been established and funded for five-year cycles with upwards of $110M in federal funding for each IMI. This activity led to the President visiting two client site locations. McAllister & Quinn organized and held more than 90 federal agency, White House Administration, and congressional meetings to secure support for the initiative. We wrote and assisted numerous organizations with congressional testimony opportunities before the House and Senate Appropriations Committee and Manufacturing Caucus to support appropriations for the NNMI program. Our efforts resulted in a consortium award of $110M, currently an active Photonics Manufacturing USA Institute.