Federal Announcements

The Department of Defense recently announced seven additional awards to bioindustrial firms via the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP). This announcement brings the DBIMP to 13 awards to date totaling $23 million.

The U.S. National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation announced a $7.6 million investment in six projects to advance equitable STEM education and training opportunities that strengthen the nation's semiconductor workforce.

The U.S. Department of Commerce and SK hynix have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $450 million in proposed federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act to establish a high-bandwidth memory (HBM) advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility.

The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Australia's national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, are investing in solutions that will accelerate the transition of materials development, manufacturing, and use to a circular economy, positively impacting multiple industries such as semiconductors and plastics.

The Department of Defense today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure.

The U.S. National Science Foundation and the CHIPS for America Research and Development Office within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly invest in a new initiative to train the future semiconductor workforce at all levels for myriad job types across industry and the nation.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.9 million grant to TKC Fish Wheel in Anchorage, Alaska, to support the establishment of a sustainable manufacturing enterprise for the Middle Kuskokwim Tribes.

The Department of Defense announced the first award for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S.-national supply chains and bolster the bioindustrial manufacturing base.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.3 million grant to West Virginia University at Parkersburg to boost advanced manufacturing workforce training efforts in the region.

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $35 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement to boost research competitiveness, build partnerships across academic institutions and non-academic sectors and create workforce development opportunities.