WVU with CMU, Pitt named finalist for $160M NSF Engines Award to supercharge regional energy technology, infrastructure
September 18, 2025
The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium, led by a team at West Virginia University in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and over 60 regional partners, has been selected as a finalist today (Sept. 18) for a prestigious $160 million National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines award.
If chosen, this funding is projected to generate 21,000 jobs, 150 startups and more than $1 billion dollars in economic growth for the region.
Headquartered in the heart of Appalachia at the WVU Innovation Corporation, with a branch office at the Energy Innovation Center in Pittsburgh, Erienne Olesh, executive director of the WVU Office of Innovation and Commercialization and RETI CEO, said that RETI is committed to solving current and emerging issues for resilient energy to fuel industries, and support growing artificial intelligence and data center demand.