Cooperative Agreement DEMS0000035

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded $2 million under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to Pacific International Center For High Technology Research (Pichtr) for a project grant concluding January 2025. The grant aims to address Hawaii's critical technician workforce shortage required to replace cesspools by 2050 through three goals: strengthening wastewater career pathways by engaging employers to align skills...

The Hawaii Technology Development Corp (HTDC) received a $1,621,552 Project Grant award on August 30, 2024 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) Investing in America Small Business Opportunity Program (CFDA 21.034). The grant funds will be used to provide technical assistance, including legal, accounting, and financial advisory services, to very small and underserved small businesses in Hawaii that are applying for SSBCI capital...

The University of Hawaii was awarded a $32.7 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA 11.307) to support workforce training initiatives across four major industries in Hawaii: healthcare, information technology, energy and resilience, and film, arts, and media. Over the four-year period from September 2022 to September 2026, the University will partner with industry organizations and...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $488,350 Project Grant under the CFDA 11.620 Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program to Hawai`i Pacific University, a private university serving as a minority-serving institution in Honolulu, HI. The purpose of this grant is to develop a new minor degree program in plastics circularity, a series of short courses for the existing workforce, and an internship and seminar series to broaden education for...

This $350,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) program (CFDA 59.037) supports the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) in providing comprehensive management counseling, training, and technical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Hawaii. The grant funding enables UH Hilo, as a state-controlled educational institution and Native Hawaiian-serving university, to leverage its expertise in...

The Hawaii Technology Development Corporation received a $125,000 two-year Project Grant award from the Small Business Administration Office of Investments and Innovations under the Federal and State Technology Partnership Program. This program aims to strengthen the technological competitiveness of small businesses nationwide by improving their participation in innovation and commercialization activities. Through this funding, the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation will provide...

This $1,611,745 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development of a "Factory-to-Factory (F2F) Network Framework" to advance smart manufacturing capabilities in South Carolina and West Virginia. Led by Clemson University, the project aims to integrate cyber infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies to enable secure, interoperable, and optimized manufacturing...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $30,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Boston Electrometallurgical Corp (doing business as Boston Metal) under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253). The project, titled "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - CHAMPION: CHROMIUM ATR METALLURGY WITH PLASMA MELTING AND HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING OF NEAR-NET-SHAPE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ALLOY PARTS," aims to strengthen domestic...

This $468,832 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the Southeast Community College Bioindustrial Manufacturing Education (SCC-BIOME) project. The project aims to strengthen partnerships between industry and educators, cultivate interest in bioindustrial manufacturing career pathways, and build capacity for the growing bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem in the Midwest. Key activities include developing and implementing...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing education and training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships,...