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America Makes Virtual Additive Manufacturing Educational Program Available for Middle School Students

America Makes continues to advance its mission to train the future additive workforce with the announcement of a recently completed pilot program designed to expose middle school students to 3D printing and future career opportunities. The virtual program allows students to earn mini-badges in additive manufacturing (AM). It was funded by the...

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AFFOA, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, LIFT, MxD
Additive Manufacturing, Automation, COVID-19, Defense, Digital Manufacturing, Fabrics, Robotics
Manufacturing Innovation Institutes Integral to U.S. Pandemic Response

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. in early 2020 and overwhelmed the nation's supply of personal protective equipment, the Defense Department's Manufacturing Innovation Institutes leveraged their public-private partnerships to enable manufacturers to quickly pivot and ramp up production to respond to frontline health care workers' PPE needs...

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AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL
COVID-19, Economy, Public Private Partnerships, Workforce
Manufacturing USA Rapid Response to COVID-19 Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live and work. This newly released special report highlights how 9 institutes in the Manufacturing USA network worked with 91+ partners across 24 states and Puerto Rico on 36 manufacturing innovation projects to combat COVID-19.

The institutes convened members from industry, academia, and government to...

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Additive Manufacturing
America Makes Awards $2.3 Million Funding For Project Calls, FIXIE AND Enable Receive Innovate UK Grants

The past week has seen several 3D printing funding announcements from both the U.S. National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, America Makes, and the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.

America Makes has awarded $2.3 million in funding across three project calls which are seeking to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing and...

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AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, RAPID
Additive Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, COVID-19, Digital Manufacturing, Fabrics, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Lightweight Materials, Photonics, Process Intensification, Workforce
Training the Future Advanced Manufacturing Workforce with Online Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way manufacturers recruit, train and develop their workforce. Long term, this shift will work in manufacturers' favor as online learning is also key to developing the skills necessary to leverage the emerging technologies that will give rise to the advanced manufacturing economy of the future.

Opportunities

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AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE
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NIST Announces Rapid Assistance (for) Coronavirus Economic Response (RACER) Grant Program

NIST invites AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, PowerAmerica, RAPID, & REMADE Manufacturing USA institutes to propose high-impact projects designed to fund awards for research, development, and testbeds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

Please note that...