Congresswoman Barbara Lee Announces $2.1 Million in Federal Grant Funding to Support Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing
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Oakland, CA – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) announced today that five East Bay organizations including Laney College and University of California Berkeley will be awarded a total of $2.1 million in Federal grants through the Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge for the Advanced Manufacturing Medical/Biosciences Pipeline for Economic Development (AM2PED) project which will build a regional system to facilitate technology transfer, economic development and workforce development in medical device and bio-science manufacturing in the East Bay.
The Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). These funds will help the winning clusters support local efforts to spur job creation through connecting innovative small suppliers with large companies, linking research with the start-ups that can commercialize new ideas, and training workers with skills that firms need to capitalize on business opportunities. These public-private partnerships consist of small and large businesses, colleges, nonprofits, and other local stakeholders that “cluster” in a particular area.
AM2PED Project Partners:
· Laney College
· University of California Berkeley
· Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County
· Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence
· Norcal SBDC
“I am excited that the AM2PED project was selected for this highly competitive funding,” said Congresswoman Lee. “This funding will provide critical funding to help support innovation in emerging advanced manufacturing, medical, device and bio-science fields. I am confident that their collaboration will yield real results for the East Bay. Together we are rebuilding an East Bay economy of the future that is built to last.”
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