SUNY CCC Awarded $1.25 Million as Subrecipient of Build Back Better Regional Challenge
Corning, N.Y. -- SUNY Corning Community College has been awarded a $1.25 million grant to develop programs that will meet the workforce needs of the Southern Tier’s clean energy sector with a focus on the Battery-NY Center, a future lithium-based battery development manufacturing facility.
The funds awarded are part of Binghamton University’s New Energy New York Project that received $63.7 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge. SUNY CCC was a subrecipient of this grant.
The College’s grant funding will build non-credit to credit pathways with programs in Manufacturing Technician, Battery Technician, and Battery Storage (InnoEnergy). These programs will be a key to developing a workforce trained in the skills needed for battery manufacturing. Funds will also go towards modernizing equipment to enhance the applied learning experience for SUNY CCC students.
With the development of new courses, SUNY CCC will improve transfer paths to partner bachelor’s degree institutions, Binghamton University and Rochester Institute of Technology.
With this funding, the New Energy New York coalition will accelerate innovation in battery technology and transform New York’s Southern Tier into a global hub of energy storage manufacturing.