Congrats to the Knudsen team for being named Phase 1 winners in the Strategies Track of the #MAKEITPrize from the American-Made Program. Our submission for bringing clean energy to our community, Project 81, earned us $50,000 and a spot inPhase 2, where we’ll start bringing our plans to life.
Project 81 aims to boost workforce development in small manufacturing within western Oklahoma, centered around the historic U.S. Highway 81, by establishing manufacturing incubators in key hubs, rehabilitating properties, and providing access to advanced manufacturing technologies alongside workforce training programs. Learn more about project 81 on our Research Programs page.
See how this prize is helping accelerate domestic manufacturing and the clean energy transition in the United States.