A Materials Innovation Initiative to Accelerate
Next-Gen Microelectronics Manufacturing
Across R&D centers, industry, and workforce
Upstate Metros
Driven by advanced materials R&D center partners**
Upstate New York will be a renowned next-generation microelectronics manufacturing ecosystem accelerating market adoption of materials innovations to drive U.S. competitiveness, while enhancing national security.
Upstate Makes integrates a powerful set of materials science labs, industry partners and end-users, entrepreneurial support and investment organizations, workforce development providers, other implementation partners, and diverse stakeholder groups.
Advance the microelectronics industry’s development and adoption of advanced materials to drive the next-generation of microelectronics.
Strengthen long-term competitiveness and growth trajectory of Upstate NY’s microelectronics manufacturing sector, generating substantial regional job growth and investment
Strengthen the workforce pipelines for microelectronics manufacturing, materials science and engineering, and related entrepreneurship.