Binghamton University Receives $1.1 Million Grant

The US Department of Commerce has announced a $1.1 million grant to the Research Foundation of SUNY Binghamton. The grant is intended to support a Trade Adjustment Assistance Center that helps manufacturers affected by imports, adjust to increasing global competition and to create jobs. There are 11 Centers across the country. They support a wide range of technical, planning, and business recovery projects that help companies and theircommunities adapt to international competition and diversify their economies. The grants announced today are for the second year of a funding cycle running from 2016 to 2021.