OpportunityTitle: FY 2021 STEM Talent Challenge Program
CategoryExplanation: The STEM Talent Challenge seeks to develop or expand regional workforce capacity to support high-growth, high-wage entrepreneurial ventures, industries of the future (which usually includes industries that leverage emerging technologies), and other innovation-driven businesses that have a high likelihood of accelerating economic competitiveness and job creation in their respective regions and in the United States.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applications for and eligible recipients of EDA investment assistance under this NOFO include: a State; an Indian tribe; a city or other political subdivision of a State; an entity that is&#8212; a nonprofit organization, an institution of higher education, a public-private partnership, a science or research park, a Federal laboratory, or an economic development organization or similar entity, and that has an application supported by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a native organization; or a consortium of any of the above-mentioned eligible applicants.
Description: EDA is seeking applications from eligible applicants to create and implement innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) apprenticeship models that complement their respective region&#8217;s innovation economy. The STEM Talent Challenge seeks to develop or expand regional workforce capacity to support high-growth, high-wage entrepreneurial ventures, industries of the future (which usually includes industries that leverage emerging technologies), and other innovation-driven businesses that have a high likelihood of accelerating economic competitiveness and job creation in their respective regions and in the United States.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: oie@eda.gov
GrantorContactText: oie@eda.gov