Project Grant ED19HDQ0200039

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to The Enterprise Center - doing business as the West Philadelphia Enterprise Center - under the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program. This grant supports The Enterprise Center in launching the Infrastructure Innovations and Business Opportunities Center in Newark, New Jersey. The center will connect socially and economically disadvantaged contractors and businesses to large-scale...

The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) received a $134,383 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859). The grant, awarded on August 9, 2024, will establish the New Jersey Biomed-Bridge (NJBB) Scholars Program to support community college students in their transition to biomedical research pathways at TCNJ. The NJBB Scholars Program will provide financial and academic support to six...

The New Jersey Defense Manufacturing Community Consortium was awarded a $6.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment. The grant is part of the Community Investment federal grant program (CFDA 12.600) and will support the consortium through June 2027. The New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program Inc., doing business as NJ Manufacturing Extension Program, will provide services to strengthen New Jersey's defense...

The Economic Development Administration awarded Biobat, Inc. a $1.6 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on April 13, 2022. The funding will support Biobat's design and engineering costs to renovate approximately 24,515 square feet of vacant space at the Brooklyn Army Terminal building to provide expanded laboratory and office facilities for two biotechnology companies. The companies are working on products to treat coronavirus and had outgrown...

New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program Inc., doing business as NJ Manufacturing Extension Program, was awarded $400,000 through a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program (CFDA #11.611). NJ Manufacturing Extension Program will use the funding to provide supply chain optimization and intelligence services to small and medium-sized manufacturers in New Jersey through...

This $600,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), supports the establishment of the Center for Robust, Equitable and Accessible Technology and Education (CREATE) for Next Generation Biofoundries. The primary objectives are to develop methods for designing and building large genetic system libraries and metabolic pathways at significantly lower cost compared to conventional approaches. Key activities include:...

This $6,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) supports the City of Vineland, New Jersey in making critical infrastructure improvements to create a 69-acre industrial park. The project includes site work, installation of water, sewer, storm sewer, electric utilities, and construction of roads to serve the industrial park. Once completed,...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1.67 million Project Grant under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) on July 8, 2021 to the New Orleans Business Alliance. The funding will support the development of wet lab space and a clean room in the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Park. These biotech labs will be part of an information technology center located in the park. The...

The New Jersey Institute of Technology received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation to develop a vacuum distillation technology for extracting condensable liquids from wastewater. Under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), NJIT will conduct an I-Corps project to further the core innovation of using spray flash vaporization with active-vacuum extraction. This membrane-free process could allow for an intensified vaporization in a...

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc. was awarded a $2.49 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to launch the Global Health Innovation Challenge. Over three years, the Center will source and launch over 60 high-growth startups in the Washington D.C. metro area to address global health threats using technology. The startups will focus on preventing, diagnosing, treating and...