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I got a chance to read about the exciting new NSF grant Dr. Bryans was awarded at Montgomery County Community College.

Dr. Margaret Bryans wrote the NSF grant that awarded $573,347 to Montgomery County Community College to support MCCC's efforts to build Southeastern Pennsylvania's advanced technical workforce for the cell and gene therapy industry. The NSF grant will help the College accomplish three goals: to develop new curriculum for an associate's degree program and a new certificate in advanced therapies; facilitate other regional colleges and institutions to develop and offer their own cell and gene therapy courses and programs;... Read more

Last week I attended my first NSF ATE PI meeting. As a contributing member of Digital World Biology's ATE project entitled " A Bridge to Bio-Link's Future ," I participated in the conference by preparing and staffing our booth in the first evening's showcase.

As a brief background, the NSF (National Science Foundation) ATE (Advanced Technology Eduction) program celebrated its 25 th anniversary this year. ATE's mission is to support innovations in technical education at two-year colleges. These colleges, also known as community colleges, serve a vital role in education. While many know of their role as a... Read more

The Advanced Technological Education program at the National Science Foundation supports the development of innovative approaches for educating highly skilled technicians in economically-important industries. In 2014, over 114,000 students were enrolled in ATE programs and over 45,830 educators participated in ATE-funded professional development activities.

Learn how the ATE program supports Advanced Manufacturing technologies, Information technology, Micro and Nanotechnology, Security, Engineering, Environmental technologies, and agriculture and biotechnology through 40 ATE centers across the US in the Annual ATE Impact book. Read more