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$1.6 million awarded to PSU's new National Institute for Materials Advancement


KOAM
December 29, 2020 3:00 PM
Stacie Strader
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PITTSBURG, Kan. – The U.S. Department of Commerce invests $1.6 million to support polymer research at Pittsburg State University. The grant will be matched with $400,000 in local funds, is expected to create 50 jobs, retain 25 jobs and generate $2 million in private investment.
The Kansas Polymer Research Center (KPRC), located within the Tyler Research Center at PSU, is an internationally-recognized center for chemistry and materials science with a specialization in vegetable oil-based polymer research and development.
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the grant to provide instrumentation and equipment to the newly established National Institute for Materials Advancement at the Kansas Polymer Research Center.

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Kansas University $7.8 Million for Incubator Facility


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October 16, 2020 10:06 AM
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.8 million grant to the Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, to build a new facility to increase entrepreneurial and research opportunities in the bioscience and technology sector. The EDA grant, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with more than $14 million in state and local funds, and is expected to create 225 jobs, retain more than 100 jobs, and generate $142 million in private investment.

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Dec. 11 - U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2 Million to Expand Business Incubator in Statesboro


December 11, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2
 million grant to the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority, Statesboro, Georgia, to boost business growth and resiliency efforts by expanding the City Center Business Incubator. The EDA grant, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $500,000 in local funds, is expected to create 300 jobs, and generate $40 million in private investment. 
“Hurricane Irma severely impacted Statesboro and Bulloch County by in 2017,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “This project will strengthen the partnership between the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority and Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group and aid in their efforts to rebuild and reinforce the region’s economy. The Opportunity Zone designation will further transform the local economy.” 

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