Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs)
The Tech Hubs Program aims to strengthen U.S. economic and national security with investments in regions across the country with assets and resources with the potential to become globally competitive in the technologies and industries of the future—and for those industries, companies, and the good jobs they create, to start, grow, and remain in the United States.
This program brings together public, private, and academic partners into collaborative consortia focused on driving regional growth. With their existing innovation assets as a foundation, these Tech Hubs will build the workforce of the future; enable businesses to start and scale; and deploy and deliver critical and emerging technologies.
On October 23, 2023, the inaugural 31 designated Tech Hubs were announced, as well as the recipients of 29 Tech Hubs Strategy Development Grants.
2023 Tech Hubs Designees 2023 Strategy Development Grant Recipients
Phase 2 Announcement FAQs Benefits of Tech Hubs Designation
A Tech Hubs Designation is a strong endorsement of a region’s plan to supercharge a critical technology ecosystem and become a global leader over the next decade. Tech Hubs Designees were eligible to apply for the Tech Hubs Phase 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (PDF). The deadline to apply was February 29, 2024.
In July 2024, EDA announced $504 Million for 12 Tech Hubs Across America. Additionally, 19 designated Tech Hubs across America will each receive a $500,000 Consortium Accelerator Award – totaling $9.5 million – to continue implementing their strategies, including the pursuit of additional capital.
A Strategy Development Grant (SDG) enables consortia to increase local coordination and planning activities to further develop their technology-based regional economic development strategy. Eleven of the 31 Designated Tech Hubs received SDGs, and 18 other consortia received SDGs to further mature their plans and achieve Designation in the future.
About the Tech Hubs Program
The Tech Hubs Program will invest directly in regions with the assets, resources, capacity, and potential to transform into globally competitive innovation centers in approximately 10 years, while catalyzing the creation of good jobs for American workers at all skill levels.
The Tech Hubs Program was enacted as part of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (as the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs program). The statute authorized $10 billion for the program over five years. As part of the FY 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Congress appropriated EDA $500 million to launch the program. This program invests in U.S. regions that are focused on technologies within or across the key technology focus areas outlined in the statute.
Related
- Fact Sheet: Phase 1 Portfolio (PDF)
- Tech Hubs Submit Blueprints for Strengthening Critical Industries of the Future
- Tech Hubs Program Update – November 3, 2023
- Tech Hubs Aim to Make United States the Global Leader in Technologies of the Future. A Conversation with Eric Smith
- Summary of Tech Hubs Program Request for Information (RFI) Responses