The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced this week that seven STEM-focused institutions, including Philly’s University City Science Center, are the recipients of federal funding to boost science, tech, engineering and math training in their respective regions.

The EDA’s inaugural STEM Talent Challenge launched last August and aims to further build STEM workforce readiness and innovation across the country. The federal agency awarded $2 million in grants across the seven institutions, and local private and public sector sources matched funding for each.

The Science Center’s grant was designated for its Building an Understanding of Lab Basics (BULB), a free, two-week, virtual lab skills training program that launched last summer, Director of Marketing Kristen Fitch told Technical.ly.

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