What is NJBioFutures?
Developing skilled talent for high-growth life sciences careers
Three NJ Community Colleges lead the charge
About Us
Created under the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Statewide Initiative
Funded by the State Legislature Since 2021
Led by New Jersey’s Community Colleges, NJBioFutures is the public-private partnership and alliance of education, industry, and government partners from which New Jersey’s foremost provider of workforce solutions for the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing industry has emerged.
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NJBioFutures Initiative Overview Slide Deck
What is NJBioFutures?
NJBioFutures answers the urgent call from the industry to address the evitable labor market needs for the cell and gene therapeutic technology sector.
Three NJ Community Colleges are strategically positioned to lead the charge because they are already working together in the NJ Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative’s Center of Workforce Innovation for Aseptic Processing and Biomanufacturing:
- Raritan Valley Community College
(Somerset and Hunterdon) - Middlesex College (Middlesex)
- Mercer County Community College (Mercer).
Three NJ Community Colleges lead the charge
About Us
What is NJBioFutures?
NJBioFutures answers the urgent call from the industry to address the evitable labor market needs for the cell and gene therapeutic technology sector.
Three NJ Community Colleges are strategically positioned to lead the charge because they are already working together in the NJ Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative’s Center of Workforce Innovation for Aseptic Processing and Biomanufacturing:
- Raritan Valley Community College
(Somerset and Hunterdon) - Middlesex College (Middlesex)
- Mercer County Community College (Mercer).
These three colleges are collaborating through support from the NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development, aligned with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s vision for a statewide workforce development response, and are convening industry leaders to understand the specific labor market needs and corresponding curriculum requirements.
Created under the New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Statewide Initiative Funded by the State Legislature Since 2021
Strategic Excellence, Proven Results
The Complexity of the Pharmaceutical and Biomanufacturing Sectors
The complexity of the pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing sectors require a specialized workforce with hands-on, industry-aligned education and training.
NJBioFutures fulfills this need by providing targeted, ndustry-alignned education and training pathways for traditional high school and college students, as well as incumbent workers and adult learners changing careers.
Through the NJ Community Colleges, NJBioFutures developed new curriculum forshort-term and long-term industry credentials and degreesrelevant for the life sciences.
Life Sciences to Biomanufacturing:
Building the Pathway to Advanced Therapies
Life Sciences provide the scientific foundation that drives the discovery of biologics and advanced therapies — and Aseptic Processing is the manufacturing backbone that translates that science into safe, commercial-scale production within Biomanufacturing and Pharmaceutical industries.
