Workforce Training & Regional Capacity for Covid-19 Testing

Workforce Training & Regional Capacity for Covid-19 Testing​
Virginia Tech Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology​

Goal: Create and operationalize a state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing facility available to the Commonwealth’s health districts. ​
Investment Strategy:  Workforce Development
Grant Type: Economic Resilience and Recovery – COVID Response
Grant Period: 2020 – 2021​
Achieved Outcomes:​
    • Average of 1,600 samples per day were processed​
    • 23 jobs created ​
GO Virginia Funding: $500,000
Subregion: New River Valley