WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub launched a $1.5 million grant program to help startups and small businesses commercialize their microelectronics products by offsetting operational costs, allowing companies to focus on innovation and scaling their businesses.
BOSTON, Mass. – The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub celebrated the two-year anniversary of the national CHIPS and Science Act, joining the White House to spotlight how the federal law has made critical investments in the state’s semiconductor and microelectronics sector.
PROVIDENCE – A recently announced $1 million initiative administered by the Massachusetts-based Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub will provide support for small businesses and startups throughout the region, including in Rhode Island.
The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub announced the launch of its first Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) initiative, a series of grant funding programs that will provide resources and services to address the needs of startups and small businesses in the microelectronics industry.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) has announced the hiring of Mark Halfman as Hub director.
BOSTON – The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub has submitted 15 proposals to the federal government’s Microelectronics Commons Call for Projects launched in late calendar year 2023, pulling together collaborative projects that span the NEMC Hub’s 170 member organizations from across the Northeast. Highlighting the Hub’s strength in diverse sectors, its submissions covered all six of the critical technology execution areas identified by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) including 5G/6G technology, AI Hardware, Commercial Leap Ahead Technologies, Electromagnetic Warfare, Secure Edge/IoT computing, and Quantum Technologies.
LINCOLN – During a visit from officials and members from the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) hosted by the NEXUS Center, the Healey-Driscoll administration today announced $9.2 million in new technology and workforce development grants aimed at spurring the microelectronics and semiconductor industry across the Northeast Region. The new awards are the first investments made by the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub, the division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative that is overseeing investments made by the federal CHIPS and Science Act following the formal establishment of the Hub in September 2023.
BOSTON - The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub, consisting of more than 150 member organizations primarily located in eight northeast states, has been mobilized in response to the federal government’s launch of the ‘Microelectronics Commons Call for Projects.’
BOSTON - The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub congratulates BAE Systems Inc., a founding member of the NEMC and a leader on the Hub’s Advisory Group, for Monday’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce of a preliminary award of $35 million in federal CHIPS and Science Act funding to enhance microelectronics production at BAE’s cutting-edge facility in Nashua, NH. The funding will support a proposed project that could quadruple the production of chips necessary for critical defense programs, including the F-35 fighter jet program.
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that Massachusetts has been awarded $19.7 million in funding for fiscal year 2023 through the federal CHIPS and Science Act to establish the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub (NEMC), a regional hub that will advance the microelectronics needs of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) while spurring new jobs, workforce training opportunities, and investment in the region’s advanced manufacturing and technology sectors.
