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To date, Golden LEAF has received $ 706,546,189.63 in payments as a result of the tobacco settlement. Since it began making grants in 2001, Golden LEAF has awarded 667 grants totaling $ 246,767,918.22 to non-profit organizations and government entities throughout North
Carolina. By 2025, it is
107:. In addition to BTEC, the initiative establishes biomanufacturing training capabilities statewide at NCCU and five regional skill centers of the North Carolina BioNetwork within the North Carolina Community College System, which will operate the BioNetwork Capstone Center within BTEC.
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