The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) intends to award $169 million across six selected Tech Hubs. The competition for this funding was open to the 19 designated Hubs that had not yet received EDA Tech Hubs Implementation Awards.
The selected Tech Hubs are:
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Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Tech Hub (Virginia)
$16 million to develop and scale advanced, AI-enabled domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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Bloch Quantum Tech Hub (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
$30 million to scale U.S. production of quantum materials, components, and subsystems.
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Critical Minerals and Materials for Advanced Energy Tech Hub (Missouri)
$38 million to boost the region’s ability to convert locally sourced minerals into critical materials essential for advanced manufacturing.
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Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub (Maine)
$20 million to unite state, university, industry, and workforce partners to strengthen domestic supply chains for sustainable forest‑based technologies.
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Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Corridor Tech Hub (Idaho, Wyoming)
$31 million to accelerate reactor deployment, speed commercialization of next-generation reactors, and enhance U.S. energy security.
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Kansas City BioSecure Manufacturing Tech Hub (Kansas, Missouri)
$34 million to modernize manufacturing processes, strengthen and retool domestic supply chains, and accelerate the translation of biologic discoveries into scalable, resilient, and agile U.S. production.
You can access the EDA's announcement here.