Carnegie Mellon Gets $150M Grant for Science and Robotics
The largest grant ever given by the Richard King Mellon Foundation will be split between a new science building at the university, a robotics center in an old steel mill and a new manufacturing-focused institute.
May 27, 2021 •
Spurred by the largest single grant ever given by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a cutting-edge science building on its Pittsburgh campus and a robotics center in the city’s burgeoning Hazelwood Green district.
According to a news release last week, the foundation has approved a $150 million grant, of which half will go toward a $210 million science building on Forbes Avenue, $45 million will go toward a $100 million Robotics Innovation Center at Hazelwood Green and $30 million will create a sustainable endowment for the Manufacturing Futures Institute, which will support the development of new materials and equipment as well as entrepreneurs and partnerships.