The Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) recently received a $2.25 million grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center which will be used to grow one of its core technologies and services into something few others in the country offer.
GMGI is one of five institutions across the state to receive a portion of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s new Testing and Demonstrations Assets program’s $18 million grant funding. The money is the first issued under the Mass Leads Act, a 2025 bill dedicated to economic development.
The Gloucester-based nonprofit will use the money to expand one of its core focus areas, environmental DNA, or eDNA for short, as it works to address oceanic and environmental challenges and conduct research into human health.