CONGRESSMAN BLAKE MOORE'S COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVES $625,000 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Washington, Sept. 1 -- Representative Blake Moore issued the following press release:

Congressman Blake Moore is pleased to announce that the University of Utah is receiving $625,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology to support the Utah Network for Integrated Computing and Semiconductor Research and Education. Congressman Moore successfully advocated for and secured this award as a Fiscal Year 2026 Community Funding Project.

"The University of Utah does phenomenal work educating and training engineers, and this funding will enhance their ability to build a skilled domestic semiconductor workforce," Congressman Blake Moore said. "Semiconductor manufacturing is essential to both economic g...