Tech Hub Related Awards
The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a substantial investment in the Tech Hubs Program, aimed at enhancing technological innovation and economic growth across the United States. Here are the key Tech Hub projects that have been awarded funding:
1. Elevate Quantum Tech Hub (Colorado, New Mexico)
- Lead Agency: Elevate Quantum
- Technology Focus: Quantum information technology
- Estimated Award Amount: $41 million
- Goals: Support quantum startups, create over 10,000 jobs, establish open-access quantum facilities.
2. Headwaters Hub (Montana)
- Lead Agency: Accelerate Montana
- Technology Focus: Smart photonic sensor systems
- Estimated Award Amount: $41 million
- Goals: Enhance photonic sensor technologies and related industries.
3. Heartland BioWorks (Indiana)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Biologics manufacturing
- Estimated Award Amount: $41 million
- Goals: Strengthen biologics manufacturing capabilities.
4. The Bloch Tech Hub (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
- Lead Agency: Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE)
- Technology Focus: Quantum computing and communications
- Goals: Advance quantum technology and related solutions.
5. Advanced Pharma Manufacturing Tech Hub (Virginia)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing
- Goals: Improve pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities.
6. ReGen Valley Tech Hub (New Hampshire)
- Lead Agency: ARMI USA
- Technology Focus: Cells, organ, and tissue biofabrication
- Goals: Advance biofabrication technologies.
7. iFab Tech Hub (Illinois)
- Lead Agency: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Technology Focus: Precision fermentation and biomanufacturing
- Estimated Award Amount: $51 million
- Goals: Scale precision fermentation technologies and biomanufacturing processes.
8. Kansas City Inclusive Biologics and Biomanufacturing Tech Hub (Missouri, Kansas)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Vaccine-related biologics and manufacturing
- Goals: Enhance biologics manufacturing with a focus on inclusivity.
9. PRBio Tech Hub (Puerto Rico)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Biopharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing
- Goals: Strengthen the biopharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
10. Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub (Wisconsin)
- Lead Agency: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Technology Focus: Personalized medicine
- Estimated Award Amount: $49 million
- Goals: Advance personalized medicine and healthcare technologies.
11. Baltimore Tech Hub (Maryland)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Predictive healthcare
- Goals: Develop technologies for predictive healthcare solutions.
12. Birmingham Biotechnology Hub (Alabama)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Equitable AI-driven biotechnology
- Goals: Promote equitable advancements in biotechnology using AI.
13. Greater Philadelphia Region Precision Medicine Tech Hub (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Precision medicine
- Goals: Advance end-to-end precision medicine solutions.
14. Minnesota MedTech 3.0 (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Smart medical technologies
- Goals: Innovate smart medical technologies and devices.
15. Gulf Louisiana Offshore Wind Propeller (Louisiana)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Offshore wind and renewable energy
- Goals: Develop offshore wind energy solutions.
16. Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Tech Hub (Idaho, Wyoming)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Small modular reactors and microreactors
- Goals: Advance nuclear energy technologies.
17. SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (South Carolina, Georgia)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Clean energy supply chain
- Goals: Strengthen the clean energy supply chain.
18. South Florida Climate Resilience Tech Hub (Florida)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Sustainable and climate resilient infrastructure
- Goals: Enhance climate resilience through innovative infrastructure solutions.
19. New Energy New York (NENY) Battery Tech Hub (New York)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Battery development and manufacturing
- Goals: Innovate end-to-end battery solutions.
20. Critical Minerals and Materials for Advanced Energy (CM2AE) Tech Hub (Missouri)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Critical mineral processing
- Goals: Strengthen the critical minerals supply chain.
21. Nevada Lithium Batteries and Other EV Material Loop (Nevada)
- Lead Agency: University of Nevada, Reno
- Technology Focus: Lithium batteries and EV materials
- Estimated Award Amount: $21 million
- Goals: Advance lithium battery technologies and materials for electric vehicles.
22. Texoma Semiconductor Innovation Consortium (Texas, Oklahoma)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Semiconductor manufacturing
- Goals: Innovate fablet-based semiconductor manufacturing processes.
23. Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub (Oregon)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Microfluidics platforms
- Goals: Advance microfluidics technology.
24. Advancing GaN Tech Hub (Vermont)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Gallium nitride-based semiconductors
- Goals: Innovate GaN semiconductor technologies.
25. NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub (New York)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Semiconductor manufacturing
- Goals: Advance end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing processes.
26. Sustainable Polymers Tech Hub (Undisclosed)
- Lead Agency: Undisclosed
- Technology Focus: Sustainable plastics and rubber
- Goals: Develop sustainable polymer technologies.
27. Safe and Effective Autonomous Systems
- Headwaters Hub (Montana)
- Ocean Tech Hub (Rhode Island, Massachusetts)
- Trustworthy & Equitable Autonomous Systems Tech Hub (Oklahoma)
28. Maintaining Our Quantum Edge
- Elevate Quantum (Colorado)
- The Bloch Tech Hub (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
29. Advancing Biotechnology: Drugs and Devices
- Advanced Pharma Manufacturing Tech Hub (Virginia)
- ReGen Valley Tech Hub (New Hampshire)
- iFab Tech Hub (Illinois)
- Kansas City Inclusive Biologics and Biomanufacturing Tech Hub (Missouri, Kansas)
- Heartland BioWorks (Indiana)
- PRBio Tech Hub (Puerto Rico)
30. Advancing Biotechnology: Precision and Prediction
- Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub (Wisconsin)
- Baltimore Tech Hub (Maryland)
- Birmingham Biotechnology Hub (Alabama)
- Greater Philadelphia Region Precision Medicine Tech Hub (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey)
- Minnesota MedTech 3.0 (Minnesota, Wisconsin)
31. Accelerating Our Energy Transition
- Gulf Louisiana Offshore Wind Propeller (Louisiana)
- Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Tech Hub (Idaho, Wyoming)
- SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (South Carolina, Georgia)
- South Florida Climate Resilience Tech Hub (Florida)
- New Energy New York (NENY) Battery Tech Hub (New York)
These Tech Hub awards are part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to spur technological innovation and create high-quality jobs across various regions in the United States.