ED25HDQ0G0089
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: Design and deliver a facility that meets the intended needs of the consortium and enables the other BIOWORKS component projects to achieve their goals.
Activities to be performed:
- Establish occupancy, space, and equipment needs to conduct overarching BIOWORKS business and promote growth of the regional biomanufacturing ecosystem.
- Establish occupancy, space, and equipment needs to deliver classroom and hands-on laboratory/pilot-scale training to prepare students for employment in biomanufacturing.
- Establish occupancy, space, and equipment needs to enable small biotech companies to conduct process development activity and manufacture demonstration batches.
- Design facility, establish equipment specifications, create construction documents, and establish a detailed schedule and budget.
- Identify general contractor.
- Physically construct the facility and procure equipment.
Expected outcomes: Written summary of requirements delivered to the engineering design team for regional biomanufacturing ecosystem, BIOTRAIN training facility, and BIOLAUNCH process development and demonstration facility.
Completed construction documents, project schedule, and capital budget, with general contractor hired and mobile.
Completed and opened facility.
Intended beneficiaries: Tech Hub HQ team gains access to customized facility to execute governance functions.
Students and learners benefit from access to newly-developed BIOTRAIN facility, and small biotech companies benefit from dedicated space to conduct process development activity and manufacture demonstration batches.
Subrecipient activities: The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.
Activities to be performed:
- Establish occupancy, space, and equipment needs to conduct overarching BIOWORKS business and promote growth of the regional biomanufacturing ecosystem.
- Establish occupancy, space, and equipment needs to deliver classroom and hands-on laboratory/pilot-scale training to prepare students for employment in biomanufacturing.
- Establish occupancy, space, and equipment needs to enable small biotech companies to conduct process development activity and manufacture demonstration batches.
- Design facility, establish equipment specifications, create construction documents, and establish a detailed schedule and budget.
- Identify general contractor.
- Physically construct the facility and procure equipment.
Expected outcomes: Written summary of requirements delivered to the engineering design team for regional biomanufacturing ecosystem, BIOTRAIN training facility, and BIOLAUNCH process development and demonstration facility.
Completed construction documents, project schedule, and capital budget, with general contractor hired and mobile.
Completed and opened facility.
Intended beneficiaries: Tech Hub HQ team gains access to customized facility to execute governance functions.
Students and learners benefit from access to newly-developed BIOTRAIN facility, and small biotech companies benefit from dedicated space to conduct process development activity and manufacture demonstration batches.
Subrecipient activities: The recipient does not intend to subaward funds.
Awardee
Funding Goals
CONSTRUCTION - FY 2023 REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB PROGRAM PHASE 2
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Bloomington,
Indiana
47408-2671
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Applied Research Institute was awarded
Bioworks Facility Design : Enabling Biomanufacturing Growth Training
Project Grant ED25HDQ0G0089
worth $18,269,204
from Economic Development Administration in December 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Bloomington Indiana United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years 6 months and
was awarded through assistance program 11.039 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs.
$6,000,000 (25.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity FY 2023 Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program Phase 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/29/25
Period of Performance
12/23/24
Start Date
6/30/28
End Date
Funding Split
$18.3M
Federal Obligation
$6.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$24.3M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
ED25HDQ0G0089
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
1331K5 DEPT OF COMMERCE EDA
Funding Office
1331K5 DEPT OF COMMERCE EDA
Awardee UEI
PHLNLR2KFJQ5
Awardee CAGE
81LB8
Performance District
IN-09
Senators
Todd Young
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
Modified: 8/29/25