The Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce awarded a $7.7 million Project Grant to Virginia Commonwealth University on September 8, 2022 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The grant will support the Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Cluster led by the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority to expand Virginia's domestic pharmaceutical supply chain. Key initiatives include expanding wet lab space in Central Virginia to develop a...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority Coalition to support the Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Cluster Growth Project. Funded under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307), the project involves six component initiatives to invest in infrastructure, workforce development, and education initiatives to scale an existing advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and...
The Commonwealth of Virginia received a $1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program. The grant will support statewide planning efforts to boost economic development, combat climate change impacts, and aid pandemic recovery through April 2024. As part of the American Rescue Plan Act, EDA awarded $24 million total for similar planning grants across all U.S....
The Department of Defense (DoD) Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $1,099,373 Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance for State Governments program (CFDA 12.617) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 1, 2023. The grant, titled "RECONFIGURE VIRGINIA'S MANUFACTURERS FOR MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (RE-VAMMP)," aims to enhance the resiliency of Virginia's defense industrial base through...
This $963,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) supports the expansion of the Bio+Tech Research Park in Richmond, Virginia. The funding will be used to procure laboratory equipment during the construction of a new Life Sciences Innovation Center, enabling the center to be fully outfitted with the necessary equipment to operationalize its laboratories. This effort is expected to...
The County of Pittsylvania received a $3 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on August 16, 2022. The funding will support water and sewer infrastructure upgrades in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to bolster business expansion, attraction, and job creation. Specifically, the grant funds the upgrading of six aging pump stations, decommissioning of the Brockway pump station, and extension...
The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant, awarded on May 1, 2024, will fund workforce development initiatives at VCU, including job training, vocational education, apprenticeships, and community revitalization efforts, over a two-year period of performance ending on April 30, 2026. Under a sub-award,...
The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $20,505,530 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program to the North Carolina Community College System Office. The grant will support the Accelerate NC - Life Sciences Manufacturing Coalition led by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to strengthen the state's life sciences sector. The coalition will expand entry-level biotechnology training programs at ten North Carolina community colleges and...
The Shenandoah Community Capital Fund, Inc. received a $1.5 million Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program. The three-year award ending in September 2024 will support the REV Initiative to develop a scalable tech startup ecosystem in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Key activities to be undertaken by the REV Initiative include engaging the local community to create a regional innovation...
The Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.4 million Project Grant to the Longwood University Real Estate Foundation on August 16, 2022 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The funding will support construction of an Innovation Hub in Farmville, Virginia to provide makerspaces, coworking spaces, business consulting, and educational training rooms. As the region's first facility of its kind, the Hub will serve as a business development accelerator and...