{"id":8248,"date":"2019-06-04T16:52:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8248"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:52:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:52:30","slug":"poweramerica-issues-request-for-proposals-for-projects-to-advance-the-wide-bandgap-power-electronics-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/news\/poweramerica-issues-request-for-proposals-for-projects-to-advance-the-wide-bandgap-power-electronics-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerAmerica Issues Request for Proposals for Projects to Advance the Wide Bandgap Power Electronics Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PowerAmerica is <a href=\"https:\/\/ncsu.infoready4.com\/#competitionDetail\/1790401\">now soliciting proposals<\/a> for a new round of <a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/member-initiated-projects\/\">Member-Initiated Projects (MIP).<\/a> The MIP program is intended to provide a way for PowerAmerica members to collectively identify priority projects needed to advance wide bandgap commercialization and direct resources to address those challenges. A university or company does not need to be a current PowerAmerica member to apply for MIP funding, but membership is required upon receipt of funding.<\/p>\n<p>MIP projects are funded by member dues and selected by a committee of members. This year, PowerAmerica anticipates selecting three to four proposals, with up to $200,000 available per funded project. Although not required, a cost match in addition to PowerAmerica funding is encouraged and will be taken into account when scoring proposals.<\/p>\n<p>PowerAmerica is seeking proposals in the following topic areas, which were identified by members and included in the updated <a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/about-poweramerica\/technology-roadmap\/\">technology roadmap<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve device packaging to take better advantage of SiC and\/or GaN device performance including packaging for 200A+ and better package footprints.<\/li>\n<li>Improve SiC and\/or GaN module packaging and reliability, including the study of failure mechanisms, robustness and qualification requirements for aerospace, vehicle electrification and other applications.<\/li>\n<li>Improve SiC and\/or GaN device design and techniques including monolithic integrated gate driver designs.<\/li>\n<li>Additional project topics not specified, but meet the needs identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/about-poweramerica\/technology-roadmap\/\">technology roadmap<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proposals are due July 24, 2019. For additional information and to apply, <a href=\"https:\/\/ncsu.infoready4.com\/#competitionDetail\/1790401\">visit this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerAmerica is now soliciting proposals for a new round of Member-Initiated Projects (MIP). The MIP program is intended to provide a way for PowerAmerica members to collectively identify priority projects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8249,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8248\/revisions\/8249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8248"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=8248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}