Dallas College Lands Historic Federal Grant To Grow Biotech Workforce in North Texas

Dallas College was awarded a groundbreaking U.S. Economic Development Administration grant to help underserved communities access living-wage jobs in biotechnology, a sector that is poised to grow exponentially with the need for additional highly skilled employees in North Texas, according to the latest labor market intelligence.

With approximately $8.8 million in funds allocated to growing the region’s future biotech workforce, the new grant will help put North Texas in the company of other major biotech hubs such as the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill “triangle,” already home to a thriving life sciences industry along the nation’s eastern corridor.