Visit Highlights Tech Hub Initiative in Indiana
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Acting Assistant Secretary of Economic Development at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), Cristina Killingsworth, recently made a visit to Heartland BioWorks. This tech hub, designated in October 2023 by the Biden-Harris Administration, is led by the Applied Research Institute and supports the Indiana region.
Heartland BioWorks is at the forefront of the region’s efforts to emerge as a global leader in biotechnology and biomanufacturing. During her visit, Ms. Killingsworth, along with leaders from the Tech Hubs Program, collaborated with the hub to enhance their strategy aimed at bolstering the region’s ability to manufacture and distribute life-saving medicines. This strategy leverages the local research institutions, venture ecosystem, logistics network, and existing pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing base.
The Tech Hubs Program is an important initiative designed to boost U.S. leadership in vital technologies and industries that are crucial to national security. Naming Heartland BioWorks as a Tech Hub supports its vision of becoming a global leader in biomanufacturing over the coming decade, while simultaneously strengthening U.S. national security and global competitiveness.
“Heartland BioWorks Tech Hub embodies the spirit and potential of the Tech Hubs Program to take centers of excellence and make them world-class tech ecosystems through targeted investments,” stated Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “That’s precisely why I’ve asked Cristina Killingsworth to travel to Indiana with a team to meet with leadership and provide technical assistance on their strategy. The Tech Hubs Program is crucial to ensuring tech industries vital to U.S. economic and national security start, stay, and grow in the U.S., and that’s why I’m committed to future rounds of funding and working with lawmakers to support additional federal resources to support all of our designees.”
The Tech Hubs Program, funded with $10 billion through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, seeks to expand the capacity for innovation within the U.S., aiming to set up new, growing companies and create quality jobs.
For further details about the Tech Hubs program, visit TechHubs.gov.
