This EDA investment supports the southwestern pennsylvania (swpa) new economy collaborative, a coalition of the region's leading university, philanthropic, and private sector leaders, with…

Project Grant Awarded

Award ID
017915313
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$17,956,361

Award facts

Assistance listing
11.307 Economic Adjustment Assistance
Completion date
Not on record
Funding
  • $14,168,252.00 Federal
  • $3,788,109.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Hazelwood, PA 15207, USA

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About this award

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This $17.96 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will support the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative's efforts to strengthen the region's robotics and autonomy cluster. Five projects will expand workforce training opportunities and support technology adoption by small- and medium-sized enterprises in the cluster. The funding will help develop industry clusters while embracing economic equity, creating good-paying jobs, and enhancing U.S. competitiveness globally. Advanced Robotics For Manufacturing Institute will deliver pathways to new economy careers through expanded robotics and AI-related workforce training as well as a small business robotics adoption project to support technology adoption. The investment aims to ensure the economic benefits of robotics and autonomy equitably reach rural and coal-impacted communities across the 11-county southwestern Pennsylvania region.

Description

As the agency reported it.

This EDA investment supports the southwestern pennsylvania (swpa) new economy collaborative, a coalition of the region's leading university, philanthropic, and private sector leaders, with strengthening the robotics and autonomy cluster in southwestern pennsylvania by ensuring that its economic benefits equitably reach rural and coal-impacted communities in the 11-county region. The five projects funded as part of this award include support for the expanded pathways to new economy careers to grow the region's existing robotics and AI-related workforce training portfolio and a SME robotics adoption project to support technology adoption by small- and medium-sized enterprises. Once implemented, the investment will help develop and strengthen regional industry clusters - all while embracing economic equity, creating good-paying jobs, and enhancing U.S. Competitiveness globally.

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania RIDC will manage the RFP process to select EMS recipients, provide technical assistance to EMS awardees, and create and administer the EMS entrepreneurial… $14,201,907
The Pennsylvania State University Digital Foundry at New Kensington (DFNK) is ideally suited for an EMS Regional Innovation Hub. DFNK is equipped with established capabilities that include… $1,500,000
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania With several years of experience in mentoring and housing start-up ventures, Westmoreland County Community College (Westmoreland), is proposing the… $149,438
Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Identify equipment, oversee purchase and installation, develop a series of workshops focused on de risking robotics, including refining programming with… $1,500,000
Community College Of Allegheny County The tasks below illustrate the building blocks that will be needed to create and deploy the EMS at CCAC’s WHC, beginning with sourcing, purchasing and… $1,472,342

Quick answers

Who received award 017915313?

017915313 was awarded to Advanced Robotics For Manufacturing Institute by Economic Development Administration (Department of Commerce) on September 8, 2022.

How much is award 017915313 worth?

$17,956,361 has been obligated on 017915313: $14,168,252 in federal funding and $3,788,109 in non-federal funding.

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