Gov. Baker Awards UMass Amherst $500,000 to Support Continued Research in Manufacturing Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Polymer scientist James Watkins (CPHM) received a $500,000 grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) to support work in Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE).

The grant is part of a package of $6.98 million in state funds awarded to seven advanced manufacturing projects that were announced by Gov. Charlie Baker and Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Jay Ash at an event at UMass Amherst.