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Research Collaborative, which has also part- nered with private industry to push forward this burgeoning printed and flexible electronics field which has a broad range of applications. Printed electronics have the potential to completely upend the manufacturing processes of electron- ics, erasing the need for metal in electrical com- ponents with electricity conducting ink. The Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) was created to award matching resources to federal funding from the Department of Defense for advanced manufac- turing research competitions to spur research into cutting edge technologies that can be applied to processes across supply chains and requires state and private matching funds. So far, we've made investments in revolutionary fibers and textiles, flexible hybrid electronics and photonics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Institute was recently selected as the national lead for a $317 million public-private partnership under this program, with key par- ticipants in the project including UMass, Quinisigamond Community College and industry partners throughout the Commonwealth. This consortium will work to unlock the potential of new fibers and textiles with diverse uses and will serve as the national leader of a network of research and industry institutions across the nation. UMass Amherst was also selected as the New England lead partner in the Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics, and is joined by partners from MIT, UMass Lowell, Northeastern University and private industry. Their research and development focuses on using sensors printed into thin ribbons of plastic to replicate functions performed by semi-conductor chips found in computers and other electronics, with applications for small sensor patches that can be worn by military personnel to report stress and fatigue based on biomarkers. MIT and Quinsigamond Community College are also participating as partners in the coun- try's first Integrated Photonics Institute in Manufacturing Innovation. MIT is leading appli- cation of new photonics technology to lead- ing-edge clusters such as health care, robotics, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing, with QCC leading workforce training efforts in applied photonics. Massachusetts is at the vanguard of almost every cutting edge-technology. But we won't stop there. It is not just enough to succeed in creating new innovations, at least not for Massachusetts. We will also be the leader in bringing ideas to production. We are committed to unlocking and commercializing new manufacturing technolo- gy – and to get there we need more than the P H O T O / E D D C O T E