The state funds are earmarked for construction at the Albany NanoTech Complex and purchase of advanced equipment for semiconductor chip research and development.
With 70 applicants, the judges viewed applications from young professionals working in nearly every aspect of the construction and engineering industry in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
Decision to move 2,500 employees from current downtown Washington, D.C., site and consolidate others at scattered locations, has been protracted and often controversial.