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Coalition that includes Dean Kamen's ARMI, city of Manchester, wins $44M grant

"MANCHESTER — Southern New Hampshire’s BioFabrication cluster, which would manufacture cells, tissues and organs in Manchester’s Millyard, has won a competitive $44 million grant, the federal government was scheduled to announce Friday morning. 


The Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) designed by Dean Kamen, is the lead builder and the city of Manchester the lead sponsor among six partners for this grant, chosen from hundreds of applications under the Build Back Better Rapid Challenge Grant program with the U.S. Commerce Dept. 


U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., noted that Manchester was a national hub of textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution in the first half of the 19th century. “This is another revolution that is underway in manufacturing, and Manchester is poised to lead the way,” Pappas said Thursday afternoon during a virtual press conference held on Zoom in advance of the announcement. 


The other partners are the city of Manchester, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, the University of New Hampshire and the Manchester Transit Authority. Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig said a key part of the grant is the $9 million Work & Learn Program that SNHU is leading to broadly expand education about biofabrication in both college and other community settings that include technology labs and support for local non-profits."

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