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Manufacturing Day

Held annually on the first Friday in October with events that continue throughout the month, MFG Day — Manufacturing Day — helps show the reality of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to open their doors to students, parents, teachers and community leaders.

Federal Announcements

NSF Invests $35M in Future Manufacturing

| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Advanced Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, Manufacturing Day, Research and Development (R&D), Technology, Workforce

Through the Future Manufacturing program, the U.S. National Science Foundation makes targeted investments in the future of manufacturing research and helps grow the manufacturing workforce. It is one of several NSF programs that support advanced manufacturing. The Future Manufacturing program's purpose is to discover manufacturing solutions that overcome current scientific, technological, educational, economic, and social barriers to provide new manufacturing capabilities for U.S. companies.

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