EDA Designates 31 Tech Hubs across the nation that are accelerating the development 

and deployment of technology and innovation to grow the U.S. economy, protect our 

national security, and create good jobs. 

On October 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration 

(EDA) designated 31 Tech Hubs that are strengthening the country’s economic and national security, 

and global competitiveness by enabling the industries of the future to start, grow, and remain in 

regions across the United States. The program was funded through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science 

Act, signed into law by President Biden in August 2022.

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Phase 1 Portfolio

A Tech Hubs 

Designation 

is a strong 

endorsement of 

a region’s plan 

to supercharge 

a critical 

technology 

ecosystem and 

become a global 

leader over the 

next decade. 

The 31 Designated Tech Hubs will have the 

opportunity to compete for $500 million in 

implementation funding in the next phase of 

the Tech Hubs competition. 

Each Tech Hub applied as a consortium 

of higher education, government, industry, 

economic development, labor or workforce, 

and other organizations focused on improving 

technology and innovation across the country.

From nearly 200 consortia that applied for 

Designation, EDA designated 31 Tech Hubs 

that demonstrated that their region can create, 

scale, and deliver technologies important to our 

national and economic security while ensuring 

that the resulting economic benefits are shared 

by all. 

Departments and agencies across the 

U.S. government are committed to 

supporting the global competitiveness and 

growth of these Tech Hubs by offering them 

multiple benefits. 

The 31 Designated Tech Hubs, located across 

32 states and Puerto Rico, will leverage existing 

talent, resources, and assets to mature critical 

and emerging technology sectors, while 

advancing equitable growth. 

Of the Designated Tech Hubs: 

 Six include a tribal government;

 22 significantly benefit small and 

rural communities;

 Four are headquartered in low 

population states;

 Four include coal communities;

 12 include strong participation 

from labor organizations; and

 14 include states that have 

historically received lower levels 

of federal research dollars. 

Successful Tech Hubs will:

 Build the Workforce of the Future

Create good jobs and attract the workforce 

and talent that will drive economic growth 

in regions across the country.

 Enable Growth

Encourage more innovative businesses to 

start and grow all throughout America.

 Innovate & Commercialize

Test and deploy new technologies and 

build infrastructure necessary to translate 

innovation into economic growth.

 Boost America’s Economic 

and National Security

Strengthen communities’ economic 

resilience and maintain our technological 

edge. 

Of the 31 Tech Hubs, 11 received Strategy 

Development Grants to strengthen their 

consortia and mature their approach to 

becoming more globally competitive.

EDA also awarded 18 additional Strategy 

Development Grants to consortia to further 

mature their plans and achieve designation in 

the future. 

All Designated Tech Hubs are focused 

on technologies and innovation critical to 

U.S. economic and national security. 
 Enabling safe and effective autonomous systems 

(3 Hubs) to ensure that autonomous systems are 

deployed—whether on land, in air, or at sea—safely, 

securely, and equitably and that more of their complex 

supply chains grow in the United States.

 Maintaining our quantum edge (2 Hubs) to maintain 

global leadership in this foundational technology that will 

underpin new sensing, communications, and computing 

capabilities to fundamentally change our daily lives and our 

national security in ways still unforeseen.

 Advancing biomanufacturing (6 Hubs) to enable the 

United States to remain at the forefront of innovation in and 

delivery of positive health outcomes by expanding domestic 

production of essential small molecule drugs, innovative 

biologics, regenerative tissue, and medical devices.

 Delivering precise and predictive medicine (5 Hubs)

to improve health outcomes and increase longevity with 

drugs, devices, and therapies that are closely tailored to 

each person’s unique genome, environment, and history by 

developing these products and services and getting them 

in the hands of doctors and patients.

 Accelerating our energy transition (5 Hubs) to make the 

United States a global competitor in the energy markets 

of the future by building diverse, resilient, and sustainable 

energy generation, storage, and transmission infrastructure 

to enable continued U.S. growth while strengthening 

security and mitigating global climate risk.

 Strengthening our critical mineral supply chain (2 Hubs)

to establish innovative and sustainable ways to extract 

and process the elements and minerals that are essential 

to manufacturing the products, infrastructure, and 

environment of the future.

 Regaining leadership in semiconductor manufacturing 

(4 Hubs) to grow ecosystems that will produce the 

increasingly powerful and specialized chips we need by 

leveraging strengths in areas like new transistor materials, 

flexible and modular manufacturing and packaging, and 

microfluidics.

 Growing the future of materials manufacturing (4 Hubs) 

to deliver higher performance products and services in a 

more environmentally sustainable way with next generation 

materials that will enable the electrification of air travel, 

carbon negative construction, and an end to plastic waste. 

Designated Tech Hubs Portfolio

The 31 Designated Tech Hubs are: 

 Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Tech Hub, 

led by the Commonwealth Center for Advanced 

Manufacturing, aims to accelerate the growth, innovation, 

and sustainability of the U.S.-based APM industry to 

re-shore safe and affordable medicines via innovative 

hybrid and continuous flow manufacturing technologies. 

This Tech Hub is located in Virginia. 

 Advancing Gallium Nitride (GaN) Tech Hub, led by the 

University of Vermont, aims to innovate GaN manufacturing, 

a critical material technology for wireless communication 

and semiconductor production. This Tech Hub is located 

in Vermont. 

 American Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Tech Hub, 

led by Gonzaga University, aims to develop new domestic 

supply chains to meet the immediate demand for highrate production of advanced composite aerostructures in 

defense and commercial markets. This Tech Hub is located 

in Washington and Idaho. 

 Baltimore Tech Hub, led by the Greater Baltimore 

Committee, aims to develop innovative predictive 

healthcare technologies by applying artificial intelligence 

to biotechnologies. This Tech Hub is located in Maryland. 

 Birmingham Biotechnology Hub, led by Southern 

Research Institute, aims to become a global leader in 

drug, vaccine, and diagnostics development by applying 

Artificial Intelligence-driven biotechnology to increase 

representation in clinical genomic data and clinical trials. 

This Tech Hub is located in Alabama. 

 Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub •, led by Oregon 

State University, aims to establish global leadership 

in the development, scaling, and commercialization of 

microfluidics technology for use in semiconductor and 

electronic cooling. This Tech Hub is located in Oregon. 

 Critical Minerals and Materials for Advanced Energy 

(CM2AE) Tech Hub •, led by the University of Missouri 

System, aims to position south-central Missouri as a 

global leader in critical minerals processing to provide the 

materials needed to support battery technology. This Tech 

Hub is located in Missouri. 

 Elevate Quantum Colorado, led by Elevate Quantum, 

aims to solidify the region’s global leadership in quantum 

information technology (QIT) to increase infrastructure 

resilience and strengthen the quantum hardware supply 

chain. This Tech Hub is located in Colorado. 

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Overview of the 31 Tech Hubs

Here is an overview of our 31 Tech Hubs Designees, 11 of which were also awarded a Strategy Development 

Grant (SDG) as indicated by a dot (•) next to their name. 

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 Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech 

Hub •, led by the Maine Technology Institute, aims to 

become a global leader in forest-based biomaterial 

production and manufacturing by innovating the process 

of extracting biological building blocks to manufacture 

environmentally sustainable products. This Tech Hub is 

located in Maine. 

 Greater Philadelphia Region Precision Medicine 

Tech Hub, led by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners 

of Southeastern PA, aims to become a global leader in 

end-to-end precision medicine. This Tech Hub is located in 

Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey. 

 Gulf Louisiana Offshore Wind Propeller •, led by Louisiana 

State University, aims to transition Louisiana's energy 

economy from its legacy of oil and gas to offshore wind and 

renewable energy. This Tech Hub is located in Louisiana. 

 Headwaters Hub •, led by Accelerate Montana, aims to 

become a global leader in smart, autonomous, photonic 

remote sensing technologies. This Tech Hub is located 

in Montana. 

 Heartland BioWorks, led by the Applied Research Institute, 

aims to develop central Indiana into a global leader in 

biotechnology and biomanufacturing by increasing the 

region’s capacity to make and deploy life-saving medicines. 

This Tech Hub is located in Indiana. 

 iFAB Tech Hub, led by the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, aim to scale precision fermentation to convert 

underutilized corn feedstocks into high-value, customized 

alternative proteins, food ingredients, materials, chemicals, 

and more. This Tech Hub is located in Illinois. 

 Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Tech Hub •, led by 

the Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium, aims to position 

Idaho and Wyoming as a global leader in small modular 

reactors (SMR) and advanced nuclear energy to contribute 

to a cleaner energy future. This Tech Hub is located in Idaho 

and Wyoming. 

 Kansas City Inclusive Biologics and Biomanufacturing 

Tech Hub, led by BioNexus KC, aims to position eastern 

Kansas and western Missouri as a global leader in biologics 

and biomanufacturing, increasing domestic production of 

life-saving vaccines and other preventative technologies. 

This Tech Hub is located in Missouri and Kansas. 

 Minnesota MedTech Hub 3.0 (MMT3.0), led by the 

Minneapolis Saint Paul Economic Development Partnership, 

aims to position Minnesota as a global center for “Smart 

MedTech” by integrating artificial intelligence, machine 

learning, and data science into medical technology. This 

Tech Hub is located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. 

 Nevada Lithium Batteries and Other EV Material Loop, 

led by the University of Nevada, Reno, aims to build a selfsustaining and globally competitive full lithium lifecycle 

cluster, spanning extraction, processing, manufacturing, 

and recycling. This Tech Hub is located in Nevada. 

 New Energy New York (NENY) Battery Tech Hub, led 

by the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton, 

aims to bolster battery technology development and 

manufacturing across the entire value chain. This Tech Hub 

is located in New York. 

 NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub, led by CenterState 

Corporation for Economic Opportunity, aims to enhance 

regional semiconductor manufacturing capabilities 

while ensuring economic opportunity for underserved 

communities. This Tech Hub is located in New York. 

 Ocean Tech Hub •, led by the Rhode Island Commerce 

Corporation, aims to develop, test, and commercialize 

emerging maritime artificial intelligence / machine 

learning-enabled robotics and sensors. This Tech Hub is 

located in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. 

 Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub, led by Oregon 

State University, aims to be a global leader in mass timber 

design and manufacturing to lower the construction 

industry’s carbon footprint and increase housing 

affordability. This Tech Hub is located in Oregon and 

Washington. 

 PRBio Tech Hub •, led by the Puerto Rico Science, 

Technology and Research Trust, aims to advance the region 

as a global leader in biotechnology through fast-tracking 

the discovery, development, manufacturing, and supply of 

next generation biotechnology and medical device products 

to detect, treat, and cure diseases and ailments. This Tech 

Hub is located in Puerto Rico. 

 ReGen Valley Tech Hub, led by the Advanced Regenerative 

Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), aims to make New 

Hampshire a global leader in biofabrication to produce 

cost-effective regenerative therapies that address chronic 

disease and organ failure. This Tech Hub is located in 

New Hampshire. 

 SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy, led by the South 

Carolina Department of Commerce, aims to be a global 

leader in advanced energy by developing, testing, and 

deploying exportable electricity technologies.This Tech Hub 

is located in South Carolina and Georgia. 

 South Florida Climate Resilience Tech Hub, led by the 

Miami Dade County Innovation and Economic Development 

Office, aims to advance its global leadership in Sustainable 

and Resilient Infrastructure (SRI) solutions for the global 

climate crisis. This Tech Hub is located in Florida. 

 Sustainable Polymers Tech Hub •, led by the Greater 

Akron Chamber, aims to tackle the severe climate and 

environmental impacts resulting from the use of fossil 

fuel-derived polymers (rubbers and plastics) through 

accelerating sustainable polymer manufacturing and 

commercialization in the United States. This Tech Hub is 

located in Ohio. 

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Overview of the 31 Tech Hubs continued
 Texoma Semiconductor Tech Hub •, led by Southern 

Methodist University, aims to unify existing and planned 

semiconductor supply chain infrastructure by enhancing 

regional collaboration and uplifting underserved 

communities through workforce expansion. This Tech Hub 

is located in Texas and Oklahoma. 

 The Bloch Tech Hub, led by the Chicago Quantum Exchange 

(CQE), aims to lead quantum computing, communications, 

and related solutions. This Tech Hub is located in Illinois, 

Indiana, and Wisconsin. 

 Tulsa Hub for Equitable & Trustworthy Autonomy 

(THETA), led by Tulsa Innovation Labs, aims to become 

a global leader in developing and commercializing 

autonomous systems for use cases ranging from agriculture 

and pipeline inspections to regional transportation. This 

Tech Hub is located in Oklahoma. 

 Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub •, led by BioForward 

Wisconsin, aims to position Wisconsin as a global leader in 

personalized medicine, an emerging healthcare approach 

that tailors tests, treatments, and therapies informed 

by a patient’s unique genetic code, medical record, and 

environment. This Tech Hub is located in Wisconsin. 

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 Advanced Manufacturing of Critical Materials Strategy 

Development Consortium, led by the Utah Advanced 

Materials Manufacturing Initiative, will develop a regional 

strategy to advance the production and manufacturing 

of critical minerals needed for clean energy technologies, 

many of which lack any domestic production presence. This 

consortium is located in Utah and Idaho. 

 Alaska Tech Strategy Development Consortium, led by 

the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., will develop a regional 

strategy to leverage the state’s oil-and-gas economic 

infrastructure, tribal sustainable natural resource 

management ethos, and raw resources to incubate and 

scale firms focused on carbon-neutral energy technologies, 

carbon-negative technologies, and climate-adaptation 

technologies. This consortium is located in Alaska. 

 Black Hills Deep Underground Frontier Strategy 

Development Consortium, led by Elevate Rapid City, 

will develop a strategic framework to leverage the 

region’s physical assets, industry capacity, and research 

capabilities to advance autonomous mining equipment 

and underground technology. This consortium is located in 

South Dakota. 

 Carolinas Innovation Center for Optics and Metrology 

(CICOM) Strategy Development Consortium, led by 

the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, will develop 

a regional roadmap that develops and applies optics 

and metrologies technologies to create a sustainable 

manufacturing framework. This consortium is located in 

North Carolina and South Carolina. 

 Lithium Valley Clean Tech Strategy Development 

Consortium, led by the University of California, Riverside, 

will develop the regional coalition and strategic framework 

to further develop and implement direct lithium extraction 

from regional lithium brine deposits, contributing to a 

sustainable, inclusive, advanced-energy ecosystem in 

Southern California and securing the national lithiumbased energy supply chain. This consortium is located 

in California. 

 Materials Advancement and Research Solutions (MARS) 

Strategy Development Consortium, led by Michigan 

State University Research Foundation, will foster a regional 

coalition and develop a strategy to advance synthetic 

diamond—a lab-made material widely used as coating 

for industrial equipment ranging from semiconductors 

to quantum sensors—and rare isotope production. This 

consortium is located in Michigan. 

 Medical Device Manufacturing Multiplier Strategy 

Development Consortium, led by the Greater Phoenix 

Economic Council, will accelerate a regional strategy 

to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning 

technologies in smart medical device manufacturing, 

bolstering domestic manufacturing production capacity and 

processes, and building pathways for inclusive economic 

growth. This consortium is located in Arizona. 

 Midwest Wireless Innovation Strategy Development 

Consortium, led by the University of Notre Dame, will 

develop the regional strategy to accelerate wireless 

technologies and networked systems by translating 

and commercializing university research, providing 

infrastructure and support for advanced radio frequency 

(RF) testing, and piloting new products and applications in 

city-scale network testbeds. This Strategy Development 

Consortium is in Indiana and Michigan. 

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Overview of the 18 Strategy Development Grant Recipients

Below are the 18 consortia that received only a Strategy Development Grant (SDG). 
 Model-Based Enterprise Tech Strategy Development 

Consortium, led by the State of Connecticut Department 

of Economic and Community Development, will advance 

the regional framework to scale the adoption of ModelBased Definition (MBD)—which uses high-performance 

computing, automation, and cybersecurity to manage the 

product lifecycle with three-dimensional, semantic digital 

representations—in the commercial manufacturing sectors 

of aerospace, medical devices, and clean energy. This 

consortium is located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and 

Rhode Island. 

 North Central Pressed Materials Strategy Development 

Consortium, led by the North Central Pennsylvania 

Regional Planning and Development Commission, will 

develop a strategic roadmap to diversify the production 

of pressed materials and machined parts and their use 

cases, such as their emerging application to electric vehicle 

production, in rural North Central Pennsylvania. This 

consortium is located in Pennsylvania. 

 Pacific Northwest Smart Energy Strategy Development 

Consortium, led by Portland State University, will develop a 

regional strategy that advances “front of the meter” energy 

storage technologies and products to facilitate renewable 

energy sources’ integration into the utility grid. This 

consortium is located in Oregon and Washington. 

 Regional Energy Business, Education, & 

Commercialization Convergence Accelerator (REBECCA) 

Energy Strategy Development Consortium, led by the 

University of Louisville Research Foundation, will develop a 

strategy and regional coalition to repurpose a remediated 

brownfield site into an energy hub that incubates emerging 

companies and technologies related to advanced energy, 

such as batteries, hydrogen, solar energy production, and 

biofuels. This consortium is located in Kentucky. 

 Secure Manufacturing in South Texas Strategy 

Development Consortium, led by the University of Texas 

at San Antonio, will develop a regional coalition and 

innovation roadmap to mature cybersecurity and secure 

manufacturing technologies. This consortium is located 

in Texas. 

 Southeast Biotech Collaborative (SEBC) Strategy 

Development Consortium, led by the University of 

Mississippi, will develop a regional strategy to advance 

biomanufacturing, biologistics, and precision population 

health to reduce national dependence on foreign suppliers 

and reduce drug shortages. This consortium is located in 

Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee. 

 Virginia’s Additive Manufacturing & Applied Materials 

Strategy Development Consortium, led by the New 

River Valley Regional Commission, will advance a regional 

strategy to develop and deploy additive manufacturing 

system technologies for heavy industry to re-shore 

manufacturing and strengthen domestic supply chain 

resilience. This consortium is located in Virginia. 

 West Virginia Advanced Energy & Industrial Technology 

Manufacturing (WV-AEIM) Strategy Development 

Consortium, led by the Allegheny Science & Technology 

Corporation, will develop the strategy to onshore 

manufacturing and emerging technologies—including 

carbon and graphite materials and energy storage 

solutions—and critical supply chains across the state. 

This consortium is located in West Virginia. 

 Western North Carolina Industrialized Construction 

(NCIC) Strategy Development Consortium, led by ADL 

Ventures, will foster an industrialized construction strategy 

for offsite manufacturing of prefabricated construction 

components, contributing to affordable housing production 

and sustainable construction materials and techniques. 

This consortium is located in North Carolina. 

 WV Tech Strategy Development Consortium, led by the 

West Virginia Department of Economic Development, will 

advance a regional strategy to develop digital identity 

solutions that support identity management and trust 

support services, individual privacy, and national security. 

This consortium is located in West Virginia, Kentucky, 

and Ohio.

Learn more about the Tech Hubs Program at TechHubs.gov

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