{"667855":{"#nid":"667855","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech drives effort to land $500M clean energy hub","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA group including Georgia Tech is pursuing up to $500 million for a new regional hub focused on clean energy manufacturing, an industry bringing thousands of jobs to the state.\u0026nbsp;The plan is to apply for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eda.gov\/funding\/programs\/regional-technology-and-innovation-hubs\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERegional Technology and Innovation Hubs program\u003C\/a\u003E, federal funding to build tech hubs in key U.S. regions. The process could open this summer and is expected to be highly competitive.\u0026nbsp;The idea is to create additional areas of tech expertise in the country, similar to Silicon Valley or Seattle, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/julia-kubanek\u0022\u003EJulia Kubanek\u003C\/a\u003E, vice president of Interdisciplinary Research, and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. It could bring more economic development and secure a more reliable domestic supply chain, Kubanek added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA group including Georgia Tech is pursuing up to $500 million for a new regional hub focused on clean energy manufacturing, an industry bringing thousands of jobs to the state.\u0026nbsp;The plan is to apply for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eda.gov\/funding\/programs\/regional-technology-and-innovation-hubs\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERegional Technology and Innovation Hubs program\u003C\/a\u003E, federal funding to build tech hubs in key U.S. regions. The process could open this summer and is expected to be highly competitive.\u0026nbsp;The idea is to create additional areas of tech expertise in the country, similar to Silicon Valley or Seattle, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/julia-kubanek\u0022\u003EJulia Kubanek\u003C\/a\u003E, vice president of Interdisciplinary Research, and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. It could bring more economic development and secure a more reliable domestic supply chain, Kubanek added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-05-23 18:49:36","changed_gmt":"2023-05-23 18:49:36","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta Business Chronicle","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2023\/04\/03\/500-million-federal-funding-tech-innovation-hub.html?ana=RSS\u0026s=article_search","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"4647","name":"Julia Kubanek"},{"id":"8732","name":"clean energy"},{"id":"6444","name":"interdisciplinary research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}