The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 makes historic investments in semiconductor research, workforce development, and manufacturing to bolster supply chains and reassert the U.S. as a global leader. Over the next couple of years, billions of dollars will be pouring into this effort, and faculty from universities and colleges around the country will be competing for research and development funding, including many from UW.
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UW Gets $10M Award to Train Semiconductor Workers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced that the University of Washington will receive $10 million to help train more semiconductor industry workers as part of the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future.