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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.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Microsystems Technology Laboratories announced that the Northeast Microelectronics Internship Program (NMIP) received a $75,000 grant from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to expand its reach, connecting first- and second-year college students with semiconductor industry internships across the Northeast.

Gov. Maura Healey and three cabinet secretaries visited Western New England University (WNEU) as part of the Mass Leads Road Show, highlighting WNEU's participation in the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC). The article also mentions the $19.7 million grant to NEMC through the federal CHIPS and Science Act.

Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense visited the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) in Boston, where officials met with Gov. Maura Healey, state administrative leaders and other Microelectronics Commons hub members to highlight public-private investments in semiconductor prototyping and workforce development under the federal CHIPS and Science Act.

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.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Applied Materials announced an agreement that, along with a $7.7 million grant from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC), commits more than $40 million to expand advanced nanofabrication equipment and capabilities at MIT.nano.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Applied Materials, and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) announced a collaboration that commits more than $40 million in combined investment to install advanced nanofabrication tools at MIT.nano to scale semiconductor research and development.

Printed Electronics Now reported on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Applied Materials, and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) agreement to install advanced nanofabrication equipment at MIT.nano, enabling 200mm wafer development to accelerate semiconductor prototyping and commercialization.