Virginia Microelectronics Consortium

The Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC), founded in 1997, fosters university-industry partnerships to address the educational, training, and research needs of the Commonwealth’s microelectronics industry and contribute to the development of Virginia as a location of choice for the microelectronics industry. Since 1997, VMEC has supported 327 VMEC scholars, at least half of whom have pursued microelectronics careers in the Commonwealth. During the same period, VMEC has funded over 75 seed projects with grants totaling $1 million.