Wash. state Dept. of Commerce funds 4 new ‘innovation clusters’

Washington state’s Division of Commerce has awarded 4 $500,000 grants to public-private organizations constructing new “innovation” clusters within the state. The funding for the “Innovation Cluster Accelerator” program is offered by way of $15 million from the U.S. Division of Commerce, as a part of the enormous CARES financial stimulus act in 2020. The brand new awards construct on funding for 5 different organizations introduced in January and help a wide range of industries. Listed below are the 4 organizations getting new funding, with descriptions from the Dept. of Commerce:

• Evergreen Bioscience, led by Higher Spokane, Inc. — working to make the Intermountain Northwest and Washington State a magnet for corporations offering and consuming knowledgeable life and well being science contract analysis, improvement, and manufacturing companies of medicines and medical gadgets by enhancing workforce improvement and companies to pharmaceutical and medical gadgets corporations.

• Pacific Northwest Aerospace Cluster, led by Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance – advancing Pacific Northwest aerospace manufacturing competitiveness by way of expertise innovation, sustainable manufacturing, provide chain mapping, workforce improvement and advertising.

• Sustainable Aerospace Applied sciences and Energies (SATE) Cluster, led by Aerospace Futures Alliance (AFA) – advancing aviation’s world struggle in opposition to local weather change by main the analysis, improvement and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels, electrified plane and hydrogen-powered aviation.

• Washington Autonomous Car Cluster (WAV-C), led by the Kitsap Financial Improvement Alliance – accelerating the development of unpiloted and autonomous automobiles, with an preliminary concentrate on the rising want for waterborne craft.