Project Grant ED19HDQ0200040

The Wayne State University Research & Technology Park In The City Of Detroit, operating as TECH Town, received a $682,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on April 15, 2021 to complete the project by March 31, 2023. Under the DETROIT RESPONSE LABS initiative, TECH Town will leverage regional connectivity, innovation and entrepreneurship to respond to COVID-19 through the EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). This...

The Rochester Institute of Technology was awarded a $748,955 project grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support research and development activities under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910). The grant will fund a two-year project from September 2021 to August 2023 to conduct material-device-circuit co-design of reliable and logic-compatible HfO2 based ferroelectric FETs. The Research and Technology Development program aims to stimulate basic,...

The Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in Detroit, Michigan (Techtown Detroit) received a $1.17 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to recruit and train 200 high-net-worth individuals from Michigan and the Great Lakes region as angel investors from October 2021 through September 2024. The project aims to activate the potential of underrepresented investors...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Indiana Institute of Technology, Inc. a $2,127,543 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) on May 10, 2022. The funding will support the purchase of technical equipment needed to train students in 11 engineering- and manufacturing-related certification programs at Indiana Tech's campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This will allow the university to expand, enhance, and add...

Wayne State University Research & Technology Park In The City Of Detroit (Techtown Detroit) was awarded a $1,004,740 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) federal grant program on June 10, 2021. The funding will support Techtown Detroit's efforts to provide technical assistance, planning services, and infrastructure development for the Detroit region, which has experienced adverse economic...

The Georgia Tech Research Corporation was awarded a $2.54 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The funding will support the development of the Center for MedTech Excellence to address scaling challenges for medical technology startups in Georgia. The Center will provide a comprehensive approach to moving concepts to...

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Pittsburg State University a $6 million Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to establish a Center for Commercialization. The Center will leverage the university's research capabilities in materials advancement to develop polymer- and plastic-based products for commercialization. Over the three-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, the Center will...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the "LIGHT UP: LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO GROW HIGH TECH AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS" collaborative effort among six diverse institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The key objectives of this collaborative project are to: (1) expand and improve the institutions' structural support systems for economic...

The Research Park Corporation received a $1.125 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on May 24, 2022. The funding supports the Ignition Accelerator and Venture Capital Assistance Program to develop tech-based startups across Louisiana's Capital Region. Through this program, the Research Park Corporation will provide technical assistance, planning support, and outreach to underserved communities and businesses to help address the lack...

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...