UTD Receives 6.8M Grant to Improve the North Texas Semiconductor Industry Workforce

As a result of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, UT Dallas will receive more than $6.8 million to improve the North Texas semiconductor industry workforce, to enhance UTD’s wind energy research, to create a behavioral health services center and to promote small-business partnerships. Additionally, there will be $2.5 million allocated to support a rail transit hub at the UTD station on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line.

The spending package provides $3 million to develop workforce training for the region’s growing semiconductor industry through UTD’s new North Texas Semiconductor Institute. The institute will provide infrastructure and curriculum for job training in collaboration with community college partners and area businesses.