The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) joined elected officials and local school leaders at Roxbury Community College to announce more than $17 million in funding for life sciences-related capital projects and nearly $800,000 in grants to purchase equipment and supplies for high schools and middle schools in the Greater Boston area.
The capital grants were awarded to educational institutions and medical centers in Boston and Cambridge, including $3 million in funding for Roxbury Community College (RCC) to upgrade and equip its currently outdated lab training facilities. Other institutions and programs that are receiving grants include the Boston University Business Innovation Center, Boston University Medical School and Boston Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Forsyth Institute jointly with Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Just-A-Start (JAS) Corporation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
