Equipment and Facilities Improvement:

$5 million matching grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to modernize equipment and renovate/expand lab facilities.

Job Readiness

• Equipment and facilities used in 95 classes (course enrollments of 8,725).
• Five million matching grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to modernize equipment and renovate/expand lab facilities.
• More than 200 internships provided in the life sciences
• Curriculum aligned with industry needs
• Course equivalency grid developed to enable cross registration
• Biotechnology training expanded into high schools (Gloucester and Essex Technical)

Economic Development

• Internship numbers increased by 300% between 2015 and 2017

  114 companies benefited from student interns

• Consortium equipment used by companies has grown to approximately 50 companies per year
• Curriculum and enrollment in the biotech field expanded to serve industry needs. For example, Endicott added MS in Bioinformatics and Gordon doubled its enrollment in biotech minor