Enlarge / US President Joe Biden (C) speaks during a tour of the TSMC Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 6, 2022. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Contributor | AFP) In the hopes of dodging a significant projected worker shortage in the next few years, the Biden administration will finally start funding workforce development projects to support America's ambitions to become the world's leading chipmaker through historic CHIPS and Science Act investments. The Workforce Partner Alliance (WFPA) will be established through the CHIPS Act's first round of funding focused on workers, officials confirmed in a press release.