The RDCAP Proposal must involve the attraction and build-out of a high-quality, large, nationally designated and highly visible corporate, non-profit, or federal research and development center or laboratory facility that involves one or more of the following criteria:
- Conducts value-added applied research;
- Performs industry-directed and industry-oriented problem solving; and,
- Develops technologies that can be commercialized in partnership with a for-profit company.
RDCAP proposals may address any of the following opportunity areas or combinations thereof:
- Advanced Energy (with an emphasis on fuel cells, photovoltaics, wind, biomass, and storage)
- Advanced Materials (with an emphasis on advanced polymers, carbon nanocomposites, and bioproducts)
- Advanced Propulsion (aerospace)
- Biomedical (with an emphasis on biomedical imaging, cardiovascular, regenerative medicine and orthopedics)
- Instruments, Controls, Electronics (with an emphasis on sensors)