OFFICIAL LAUNCH
Matching Grant Program for
Researchers in the Life Sciences
On February 11th, 2008, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) officially launched a new Matching Grant Program, designed to fund research at public and private universities and colleges and affiliated research institutions such as academic medical centers and independent research entities in Massachusetts. The program aims to foster and grow the scientific research enterprise of the Commonwealth. Read more >>
Proposed $1 billion investment in biotechnology:
House Bill 4234
Life Sciences Legislation Filed In Massachusetts Legislature on July 19, 2007“An Act Providing for the Investment In and Expansion of the Life Sciences Industry in the Commonwealth”
On July 19th Governor Deval Patrick submitted a bill to the Legislature outlining a wide-ranging biotech plan. Learn more about the proposed bill >>
The legislation summarized: 
- Funding for Life Sciences Initiative
- $500 million in capital funding
- Strengthening the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Board
- $2.5 million per year over ten years to the Life Sciences Center to fund research grants, fellowships, and sector-wide workforce training initiatives
- Two new board positions
- Capital planning process to implement capital projects, and ten person advisory committee
- Expansion of Tax Code Provisions for Life Sciences Companies
- Creates new Life Sciences Sector Investment Program
- Creates tax incentives for certified life sciences sector projects
- Imposes a yearly project evaluation and provides for project decertification in the event that a company fails to achieve projected ROI
Governor Patrick’s Life Sciences Forum
Co-Sponsored by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center,
the Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative,
and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Furthering the call to boost funding of biomedical research and move forward the Life Sciences Initiative, Governor Deval Patrick hosted a forum which brought together more than 100 business and science leaders on June 21 in Cambridge to brainstorm about the future.
Life Sciences Talent Initiative
A Systematic Analysis of Needs and Capabilities and
Recommendations for a State Strategy
Ensuring that Massachusetts has the talent to meet the needs of the growing life sciences sector is critical to the success of the life sciences initiative. In June 2007, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center board voted to engage the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute to complete a study to determine the life sciences workforce needs throughout the Commonwealth.
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The Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative
Announced by Governor Deval Patrick at BIO 2007
Boston, Massachusetts
At the BIO 2007 convention on May 8, Governor Patrick announced his plan to make Massachusetts the global leader in life sciences, unveiling for the first time a comprehensive, collaborative Massachusetts Life Sciences Strategy.
