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Standard Reference Materials

Program Information

Popular name

Standard Reference Materials (SRM)

Program Number

11.604

Program objective

Standard Reference Materials are certified and issued by NIST to develop accurate methods of analysis; to calibrate measurement systems used to: (1) facilitate the exchange of goods, (2) institute quality control, (3) determine material performance characteristics, (4) measure materials at state-of-the-art limits, and (5) assure the long-term adequacy and integrity of measurement quality assurance programs.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    17764000 18649000

  2. 2018

    24526000

  3. 2019

    24530000

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

General information is available at no cost from the Office of Reference Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive Stop 2300, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2300. E-mail: srminfo@nist.gov. Catalogs and price lists may be viewed electronically by accessing URL http://www.nist.gov/srm

Program details

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Federal
  • Local
  • State

Additional resources