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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
[Docket No.: 110420251–1255–01]
The Jobs and Innovation Accelerator
Challenge; a Coordinated Initiative To
Advance Regional Competitiveness
Economic Development
Administration (EDA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Obama Administration
announces the Jobs and Innovation
Accelerator Challenge (Accelerator
Challenge), an initiative of 16 Federal
agencies and bureaus to accelerate
innovation-fueled job creation and
economic prosperity through publicprivate partnerships. The Accelerator
Challenge will offer, subject to the
availability of funds, a combination of
$33 million in funding from three
agencies and technical assistance
resources from 13 additional agencies
and bureaus to support customized
solutions for approximately 20
competitively selected industry clusters
in urban and rural regions across the
nation and across all sectors. A
competitive solicitation is expected to
be announced in May 2011.
President Obama has prioritized the
development of strong regions 1 as the
building blocks of a strong and globally
competitive American economy and as
key elements in our strategy for winning
the future. Understanding that jobs are
not created on Capitol Hill but in
America’s regions, the Obama
Administration is committed to smarter
use of existing Federal resources to
support regional innovation and
sustainable economic prosperity.
Knowing that regional innovation
clusters provide a globally proven
approach for developing economic
prosperity, this new, multi-agency
initiative creates an unprecedented
platform for integrating and
coordinating the wide range of Federal
economic development resources.
Each Accelerator Challenge
investment will serve as a catalyst for
leveraging private capital in the regions
from an array of sources such as
foundations, financial institutions,
corporations and other private sector
partners. Through its unprecedented
linking, aligning and leveraging of
Federal resources and by building
strategic public-private partnerships, the
Accelerator Challenge will foster broad
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regional innovation, job creation, and
global competitiveness.
Funds awarded to the winning
applicants can be used to support and
accelerate a range of measurable
outcomes, including innovation,
commercialization, business formation
and expansion, development of a skilled
workforce, job creation, exports,
sustainable economic development and
global competitiveness in approximately
20 industry clusters that exhibit highgrowth development potential. These
successful clusters will promote growth
that is inclusive of the region’s
population.
This initiative represents the
implementation of a number of Obama
Administration policy priorities
including:
• Acceleration of bottom-up
innovation strategies encompassing
urban and rural geographies, as opposed
to imposing ‘‘one size fits all’’ solutions
from Washington; and
• Reduction of Federal programs silos
and promotion of more coordinated
Federal funding opportunities that offer
a more efficient system for customers to
access Federal resources.
The partner agencies and bureaus
include: Department of Commerce
(EDA, National Institute for Standards
and Technology (NIST), International
Trade Administration (ITA), and
Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA)); Department of Labor
(Employment and Training
Administration (ETA)); Small Business
Administration (SBA); Department of
Education (ED); Department of
Agriculture (USDA); Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA); National
Science Foundation (NSF); Department
of Transportation (DOT); Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS);
Department of the Treasury (TREAS);
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD); and Department of
Energy (DOE).
Subject to funding availability, the
total proposed funding for the
Accelerator Challenge is approximately
$33 million in direct Federal support
from the three funding agencies and
bureaus: EDA, ETA, and SBA. Specific
funding sources will be named in the
forthcoming FFO.
Clusters selected for funding may
receive specialized technical assistance
or other resources from partner agencies
and bureaus, which will offer this
assistance from existing programs and
initiatives. These resources include
Federally funded assets that can be
leveraged by the clusters and entities
that are available for collaborative
partnerships to strengthen the clusters.
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Applicants will be asked to discuss
several components of their cluster.
They will be evaluated against criteria
that include: evidence of a high-growth
cluster; the cluster’s needs and
opportunities; a proposed project
concept and scope of work; and the
projected impact and measurable
outcomes. Outcomes might include how
Federal funds will be used to:
• Achieve sustainable economic
growth in the region;
• Augment business formation,
especially small businesses, and
leverage existing businesses and
manufacturing assets;
• Advance commercialization of
Federal and private research and
increase exports;
• Develop a skilled workforce
through outreach, training, and the
creation of career pathways; and
• Integrate historically underserved
businesses and communities into the
economic activities of the cluster.
For more information please visit
https://www.eda.gov/InvestmentsGrants/
jobsandinnovationchallenge.
Dated: April 22, 2011.
Barry E. A. Johnson,
Senior Advisor and Director of Strategic
Initiatives, Economic Development
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
[Docket No.: 110420251-1255-01]
The Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge; a Coordinated
Initiative To Advance Regional Competitiveness
AGENCY: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Obama Administration announces the Jobs and Innovation
Accelerator Challenge (Accelerator Challenge), an initiative of 16
Federal agencies and bureaus to accelerate innovation-fueled job
creation and economic prosperity through public-private partnerships.
The Accelerator Challenge will offer, subject to the availability of
funds, a combination of $33 million in funding from three agencies and
technical assistance resources from 13 additional agencies and bureaus
to support customized solutions for approximately 20 competitively
selected industry clusters in urban and rural regions across the nation
and across all sectors. A competitive solicitation is expected to be
announced in May 2011.
President Obama has prioritized the development of strong regions
\1\ as the building blocks of a strong and globally competitive
American economy and as key elements in our strategy for winning the
future. Understanding that jobs are not created on Capitol Hill but in
America's regions, the Obama Administration is committed to smarter use
of existing Federal resources to support regional innovation and
sustainable economic prosperity. Knowing that regional innovation
clusters provide a globally proven approach for developing economic
prosperity, this new, multi-agency initiative creates an unprecedented
platform for integrating and coordinating the wide range of Federal
economic development resources.
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\1\ Including rural, urban and multijurisdictional areas.
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Each Accelerator Challenge investment will serve as a catalyst for
leveraging private capital in the regions from an array of sources such
as foundations, financial institutions, corporations and other private
sector partners. Through its unprecedented linking, aligning and
leveraging of Federal resources and by building strategic public-
private partnerships, the Accelerator Challenge will foster broad
regional innovation, job creation, and global competitiveness.
Funds awarded to the winning applicants can be used to support and
accelerate a range of measurable outcomes, including innovation,
commercialization, business formation and expansion, development of a
skilled workforce, job creation, exports, sustainable economic
development and global competitiveness in approximately 20 industry
clusters that exhibit high-growth development potential. These
successful clusters will promote growth that is inclusive of the
region's population.
This initiative represents the implementation of a number of Obama
Administration policy priorities including:
Acceleration of bottom-up innovation strategies
encompassing urban and rural geographies, as opposed to imposing ``one
size fits all'' solutions from Washington; and
Reduction of Federal programs silos and promotion of more
coordinated Federal funding opportunities that offer a more efficient
system for customers to access Federal resources.
The partner agencies and bureaus include: Department of Commerce
(EDA, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST),
International Trade Administration (ITA), and Minority Business
Development Agency (MBDA)); Department of Labor (Employment and
Training Administration (ETA)); Small Business Administration (SBA);
Department of Education (ED); Department of Agriculture (USDA);
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); National Science Foundation
(NSF); Department of Transportation (DOT); Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS); Department of the Treasury (TREAS); Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and Department of Energy (DOE).
Subject to funding availability, the total proposed funding for the
Accelerator Challenge is approximately $33 million in direct Federal
support from the three funding agencies and bureaus: EDA, ETA, and SBA.
Specific funding sources will be named in the forthcoming FFO.
Clusters selected for funding may receive specialized technical
assistance or other resources from partner agencies and bureaus, which
will offer this assistance from existing programs and initiatives.
These resources include Federally funded assets that can be leveraged
by the clusters and entities that are available for collaborative
partnerships to strengthen the clusters.
Applicants will be asked to discuss several components of their
cluster. They will be evaluated against criteria that include: evidence
of a high-growth cluster; the cluster's needs and opportunities; a
proposed project concept and scope of work; and the projected impact
and measurable outcomes. Outcomes might include how Federal funds will
be used to:
Achieve sustainable economic growth in the region;
Augment business formation, especially small businesses,
and leverage existing businesses and manufacturing assets;
Advance commercialization of Federal and private research
and increase exports;
Develop a skilled workforce through outreach, training,
and the creation of career pathways; and
Integrate historically underserved businesses and
communities into the economic activities of the cluster.
For more information please visit https://www.eda.gov/InvestmentsGrants/jobsandinnovationchallenge.
Dated: April 22, 2011.
Barry E. A. Johnson,
Senior Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Economic
Development Administration.
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