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The National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW) at Forsyth Technical Community College has two exciting NSF ATE sponsored programs this summer (2024).

Program No. 1 is the BETA Skills Summer Industry Fellows Program. Five places are reserved for program Fellows (instructors) to spend 6-8 weeks with a local industry or institution partner. Expenses are covered and a weekly stipend is paid. This program was a great success in summer 2023.

Program No. 2 is new. It is called the BETA Skills Bioscience Administrator's Program or BETA BAP . This is a... Read more

HI-TEC : The High Impact Technology Exchange Conference is now accepting proposals for 2024.

The HI-TEC conference is a great opportunity to share your work with other work with members of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) community. If you are working on an ATE project or are interested in writing a proposal for ATE grant funding, HI-TEC is a great opportunity for disseminating your work and learning about other projects.

If your students are doing undergraduate research, this would be a great place to have them present posters.

Prospective presenters are invited to propose workshops/SIGs (preconference),... Read more

MiraCosta College is a pioneering leader with its program in biomanufacturing. Anticipating the needs of the expanding bioscience hub in North San Diego County, the school created a bachelor's program in biomanufacturing to help fill the workforce needs of the present, and the future. The college reaches students who are often over-looked by the educational system, but flourish with the right opportunity. Approximately 95% of the biomanufacturing bachelor's program graduates go directly into the field, having been well-served by the hands-on experience they get during their years at the college. Learn more about this incredible program and how it continues... Read more

Big Happenings at MassBay! The MassBay Center for Biomanufacturing Education and Workforce Training (CBEWT) and the MassBay Center for Therapeutics and Genomics Training (CTGT) have opened. Funding of more than $1.25 million dollars, provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) , went into these amazing accomplishments. The centers are now poised to produce biomanufacturing technicians who have come through the College's biotechnology program and are workforce ready.

Learn more about the centers and their programs in this Framingham Source article .

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Santa Monica College is looking for a project manager for the Aquaculture and Biotechnology programs.

The application deadline is December 4th, 2023.

The job pays over $110,000 per year.

Learn more and apply . Read more

At long last, Biotechopoly™: Antibody Edition is available from The Game Crafter . We are using a print-on-demand format to make the game available for the cost of materials and printing. Plan ahead. It will take about three weeks for the game to be printed and shipped.

You may have seen earlier versions demonstrated in our ATE project talk , or at the Biotech Summit , HI TEC , or the ATE PI conference .

Little research currently exists at the national, state or regional level on the cell and immunotherapy technician workforce and the demand for these workers in this fast growing industry. Gathering labor market Information to assess and forecast the future workforce needs of the organizations who are developing and manufacturing these emerging technologies is a key deliverable of Shoreline Community College’s Immunotherapy BioHub. To accomplish this, an extensive literature review was conducted to identify and review economic and workforce articles and reports on the growing cell and immunotherapy sector. In addition, on-line job postings data from Burning Glass Technologies [1] was... Read more

The applications for Berkeley Lab's Workforce Development & Education Summer 2024 Internship Programs are open now through January 9, 2024. These are paid, fully on-site, 10-week internship programs. Placements will begin January 31, 2024. There are multiple programs, one might be perfect for you!

Important Program Dates:

Form more information on programs, key dates, etc., please visit https://education.lbl.gov/internships/ . Read more

Virtual Internship Fair Wednesday November 8th, 1-5pm ET Register Now !

If you are an undergraduate student or recent graduate who is ready to use your major in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) field or science policy to help make a difference in the world then the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) is for you! When you join SULI, you’ll be part of a Department of Energy (DOE) team that’s working together to advance scientific impact and discovery. Expand your skills and knowledge at a DOE national laboratory using state-of-the-art facilities and advanced scientific instruments.... Read more

The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration ( EDA ), announced the designation of 31 Tech Hubs in regions across the country. This is the first phase of the new Tech Hubs program , which is an economic development initiative designed to drive regional innovation and job creation by strengthening a region’s capacity to manufacture, commercialize, and deploy technology that will advance American competitiveness. The program invests directly in burgeoning, high-potential U.S. regions and aims to transform them into globally competitive innovation centers.... Read more