The 21 winners of the Build Back Better Challenge grants were just announced. Although the University of Alabama was not in the final group, the Tuscaloosa Innovation District project will move on. The D.R.I.V.E. grant was well written and was good enough to make the top 60 of 529 applicants from accross the country, so, many components of the grant can still be funded from other sources and the entire grant can be improved to go through another round at a later date. But, the TID was not dependant on this particular grant.
https://eda.gov/news/press-releases/2022...egional-challenge-awardees-announced.htm