AUSTIN, TX -- National Instruments will renew its Green Engineering Grant program this year, the company announced this week.
The program helps small companies and research groups around the world with up to $25,000 in software and training for graphical system design tools and techniques.
In the past two years, the program has provided assistance to more than 40 companies developing next-generation control and measurement solutions in the renewable energy market.
The grant assists the creation of innovative solutions that can address today's complex renewable energy and electrical power challenges associated with the advancement of smart-grid, energy storage, electric vehicles and grid-tied power electronics control systems.
Grants are designed for companies or groups planning to use NI's LabVIEW system design software and reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware to rapidly develop and commercialize their green technologies. The grant awards engineers and scientists developing systems that could make a significant contribution toward a clean energy future.
The deadline for grant applications is Nov. 1, and grants will be distributed by January 2013.
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德克萨斯州奥斯汀 - 美国国家仪器将延续其绿色工程补助计划今年,该公司本周宣布。
该计划帮助小企业高达25000美元的软件和图形化系统设计工具和技术培训,并在世界各地的研究小组。
在过去的两年中,该计划已提供援助的40多家公司开发下一代可再生能源市场的控制和测量解决方案。
这笔赠款协助建立创新的解决方案,可以解决当今复杂的可再生能源和电力的挑战与智能电网,储能,电动汽车和电网与电力电子控制系统的进步。
设计规划使用NI的LabVIEW系统设计软件和配置I / O(RIO)硬件到绿色技术的迅速发展和商业化的公司或团体的资助。给予奖励的工程师和科学家开发系统,可以使清洁能源的未来走向的重大的贡献。
拨款申请的截止日期是11月1日,赠款将由2013年1月发行。