CHIPS Statement of Interest Information Collection

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Incentives Program (hereafter, “The CHIPS Incentives Program” or “CHIPS”) aims to catalyze long-term growth in the domestic semiconductor industry in support of U.S. economic resilience and national security. The CHIPS Incentives Program can provide direct funding (via grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions), loans, and loan guarantees (collectively, “CHIPS Incentives”) for eligible projects. CHIPS Incentives will support investments in the construction expansion, and modernization of commercial facilities in the United States for the front- and back-end fabrication of leading-edge, current-generation, and mature-node semiconductors. The amounts available under the CHIPS Act are as follows: • for CHIPS Direct Funding, up to $38,217,700,000; and • for CHIPS Loans and CHIPS Loan Guarantees, up to $75,000,000,000 in direct loan or guaranteed principal In order to provide funding, CHIPS Incentives seeks applications for funding for projects for the construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for the front- and back-end fabrication of leading-edge, current-generation and mature-node semiconductors. Application forms and instructions will be available at https://applications.chips.gov/. Application packages, or portions thereof, submitted by email , paper, or facsimile will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted electronically at https://applications.chips.gov/. To apply for CHIPS Incentives, each applicant must submit a statement of interest via a form available at https://applications.chips.gov/ at least 21 days before proceeding to the next step of the application process. . Applicants are encouraged to submit the statement of interest as soon as they have decided to pursue a CHIPS Incentive Program application. The statement of interest is designed to help CPO gauge interest in the program and the types of projects and applicants applying, and appropriately prepare staffing to review applications. The statement of interest should provide the following information: • Name of applicant organization and contact information • Estimated date of submission of a pre-application or full-application. • Basic project information, which will be elicited through multiple-choice questions and specific fields in the statement of interest form, including nature of project and potential scope

The latest form for CHIPS Statement of Interest Information Collection expires 2026-09-30 and can be found here.