The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation (URI RS) was awarded a $6.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment under the Community Investment federal grant program (CFDA 12.600).
The grant will support the Rhode Island Manufacturing to Accelerate the Defense Ecosystem (RI MADE) initiative through December 2025. RI MADE aims to strengthen Rhode Island's defense manufacturing sector and supply chain through URI RS's provision of workforce training, technology commercialization, and small business assistance services. The Community Investment program focuses on providing statutorily authorized assistance to support community economic adjustment needs, such as diversifying defense-reliant economies. This award will help Rhode Island manufacturers increase their competitiveness for Department of Defense contracts through URI RS's delivery of products and services over the three-year period of performance beginning September 1, 2022.
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