U.S. Department of Defense Awards $70 Million Grant to UI LABS-Led Team
CHICAGO, IL—President Obama announced a multi-partner team led by UI LABS has been selected to receive a $70 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation (DMDI) Institute.
The federal investment for the DMDI Institute will be used to establish the Digital Lab for
Manufacturing (Digital Lab), led by UI LABS, a Chicago-based research and commercialization collaborative. Along with the $70 million cooperative agreement, UI LABS has secured an additional $250 million dollars of support from industry, university, government, and community partners to form the $320 million Digital Lab.