Earlier this week, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced the phase I winners of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Each of the 60 awardees receive $500,000 to support their region and cluster — and begin the process of competing for one of the 20-30 phase II awards that can be up to $100 million each.
According to an EDA fact sheet, finalists are located in 42 states and Puerto Rico and include 15 indigenous communities. EDA also reports that the clusters receiving the most awards are: “agriculture and natural resources;” “information technology;” “energy and resilience;” “advanced manufacturing;” and, “biotechnology and biomanufacturing.”
