Old Westbury, NY – The state has awarded NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences a $100,000 grant to develop engineering and technology labs to train veterans, college, and high school students, including low-income, minorities and girls, in STEM skills.

The grant will support a $489,440 "Innovation Continuum: High School to College to Workforce" project. New York State awarded the funds as part of a larger initiative to support to regional economic development projects, including those that support a STEM workforce pipeline.

Among the technologies that will be promoted in NYIT's labs at Harry Schure Hall are: virtual reality, gaming, robotics, unmanned vehicles, forensics, and nanotechnology. NYIT will offer access to an "innovation boot camp," introductory courses, peer mentoring by NYIT students, and internships.

"The grant constitutes an investment that will enable high-tech research and training in highly competitive fields—all drivers of economic growth in the 21st century economy," said School of Engineering and Computing Sciences Dean Nada Anid.

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