Cooperative Agreement SVM70023CA0040

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to address the critical shortage of skilled semiconductor workers in the United States. The project, titled the Semiconductor Workforce Advancement Nexus (SWAN), will establish a prototype workforce training center at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) to develop a scalable, university-based training model in collaboration with industry partners. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,484,704 to develop and pilot an industry-wide semiconductor workforce certification program. The project, led by The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY), will create a unified advanced manufacturing competency model and semiconductor manufacturing sub-sector competency model, and develop a certification program and web-based portal for...

This $469,995 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), aims to develop a semiconductor curriculum and learning framework for high school students. The project will create game-based semiconductor modules and hands-on learning experiences, enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to engage diverse students in exploring semiconductor design and manufacturing. Key activities...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $999,997 to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop an experiential learning-based workforce development model for the U.S. semiconductor industry. RIT will collaborate with Monroe Community College and Finger Lakes Community College, as well as industry partners GlobalFoundries and Micron Technology, to provide a pipeline for community college students to earn...

This $107,965 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and deployment of a foundational semiconductor research and education cyberinfrastructure (CI) tool at San Jose State University Research Foundation. The CI will integrate machine learning device models and semiconductor device data to empower semiconductor device research and education, lowering the entry barrier and facilitating broader participation in...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $252,650 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the development of a framework for secondary analysis of education and economic research (EER) datasets under the NSF Engineering (ENG) program. The two-year award beginning March 2021 will fund collaborative research between Virginia Tech researchers and other institutions to establish best practices and guidelines for analyzing and...

This $582,226 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports a collaborative research and capacity-building initiative focused on advancing semiconductor technology at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Led by Central State University, this multi-institutional partnership includes six other HBCUs and aims to enhance research infrastructure, foster educational diversity, and develop a technical...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $349,360 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to investigate how artificial intelligence (AI) engineers perceive and develop translational ethical competency. The research aims to advance the fundamental knowledge of how future AI engineers can innovate responsibly and construct advanced engineering systems empowered by AI technologies. Specifically,...

This $379,054 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) will establish new via metrology and inspection technology for advanced wafer-level packaging in the semiconductor industry. The research aims to develop rapid modeling methodologies and experimental/computational calibration methods to characterize via geometry, optical properties, and defectivity. Key innovations include a via-edge...

This $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration funds the Virtual Reality STEM Workforce Program delivered by Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc., doing business as Migrant Headstart. The program provides accessible and successful virtual reality-based career exploration and training in fields such as semiconductor manufacturing technology, cable harness wiring, and precision measurement. It teaches skills necessary to enter critical and fast-growing...