MLSC President & CEO Travis McCready, Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, and Governor Baker observe a demonstration genetic experiment led by GMGI Associate Scientist Marc Gasser involving a large cod at the Gloucester Marine Genomics institute.

Through the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) the Baker administration awarded a total of $3 million in capital grant funding to the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, as well as to middle and high schools in Gloucester, Lynn and Salem.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced the grants at an event last week at the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI), alongside MLSC President and CEO Travis McCready, Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, Sen. Bruce Tarr, Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, GMGI staff and students and other area grant recipients.

The awards are part of a statewide grant round that is delivering a total of $39 million in MLSC capital grants to 14 research and educational institutions, and 49 middle and high schools.

“Our administration is proud of Massachusetts’s global leadership in the life sciences, and we are committed to advancing that standing training the next generation of entrepreneurs, and connecting residents across the state to careers,” Baker said in a statement. “The projects announced today, including the expansion of GMGI and grants for STEM equipment at four North Shore schools, demonstrate our commitment to investing in the innovation economy, supporting game-changing technological research, and creating jobs in every region of the commonwealth.”