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Syracuse, N.Y. -- One of the federal governments top science officials will be in Syracuse Monday to meet with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and executives of Micron Technology to talk about training workers for Microns proposed semiconductor manufacturing plant in Clay.

Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, will come to Syracuse University for the event at the invitation of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer. Schumer said he wants Panchanathan to hear about workforce training plans to help fill up to 9,000 jobs Micron expects to create in the town of Clay.

Micron will send two top officials to the workforce summit: Manish Bhatia, executive vice president of global operations; and April Arnzen, senior vice president and chief people officer.

Also on hand will be local development officials and representatives of Syracuse Universitys College of Engineering and Computer Science, which plans to expand student enrollment by 50% over the next three to five years to help produce Micron engineers.

Micron, based in Boise, Idaho, plans to spend up to $100 billion over 20 years building the massive complex in Clay. That is expected to create an additional 40,000 supply-chain jobs in the region.

One of the big challenges facing Micron is finding enough trained engineers and technicians. The company has told Onondaga Community College officials it will need 1,000 technicians and 1,000 engineers to operate each of the four semiconductor fabrication facilities, or chip fabs, it plans to build at the 1,400-acre Clay complex. Substantial hiring is expected to start in 2025, with production beginning in 2026.

The National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency that distributes federal aid to support science and engineering, plans to award $200 million in competitive grants to help schools train and expand the nations semiconductor workforce.

Schumer, the Senate majority leader, pushed to include the money in the CHIPS and Science Act, the law that set aside $52 billion in incentives for chip makers to open new plants in the United States.

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