U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine was in Nebraska today to announce that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $750,000 grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to create a biotechnology connector program that links the University of Nebraska, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, and Invest Nebraska with the private sector’s Bio Nebraska. According to grantee estimates, the program is expected to serve eight startup biotechnology companies each year over the next nine years.
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