Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated

Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2013 and based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, provides marine genomics research, DNA sequencing services, and biotechnology workforce development to federal agencies as a prime recipient on federal grants and as a prime contractor on NOAA purchases. The organization does not compete under set-asides and does not hold seats on government-wide contract vehicles.

GMGI's federal footprint centers on NOAA, which accounts for all five of the organization's contract and grant awards totaling $740 thousand in combined potential value. In contracts, NOAA awarded a $717 thousand definitive contract on September 2, 2026, for development and validation of epigenetic aging models based on DNA methylation for Northwest Atlantic fish species, with ultimate completion August 31, 2029. NOAA also issued a $22,900 purchase order on August 27, 2026, for DNA next-generation sequencing services (MiSeq 2x150 Illumina and Sanger sequencing) with a base year through July 31, 2027, and four option years running through July 31, 2031; this award originated as a WOSB competitive solicitation posted July 21, 2026, though it was ultimately issued with no set-aside used.

GMGI's grant portfolio spans NOAA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. A $416,369 NOAA Sea Grant Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 11.417) awarded October 1, 2024, supported a genomic population structure evaluation of American lobsters, assembling an improved lobster genome and collecting 550 tissue samples from 22 locations in New England and Canada to inform stock management; that award completed September 30, 2026. NSF's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems funded a project grant awarded September 15, 2024, for development of next-generation research tools for sea urchin echinoderm models, running through August 31, 2028. USDA's Institute of Food Production and Sustainability awarded a $180 thousand project grant on June 1, 2024, for bioinformatics pipelines and an open-access database for shellfish resilience biomarker discovery in aquaculture species; that grant completed July 10, 2025. NSF also funded a Cooperative Agreement (PIVOTS) awarded October 1, 2023, supporting GMGI's Gloucester Biotechnology Academy, which runs a 10-month biotechnology certificate program combining classroom and lab training with paid internships to transition up to 180 underserved adults into biotechnician roles; that award completes September 30, 2025. A second NOAA Cooperative Agreement awarded September 1, 2023, for implementation of a molecular toolbox for Pseudo-nitzschia harmful algal bloom monitoring across coastal states (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Florida) runs through August 31, 2027.

GMGI acts as sub-recipient on two federal grants: a sub-award from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (supporting eDNA analysis of clams, awarded November 25, 2025) and a sub-award from the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (for herring DNA extraction, sequencing, and genomic analysis, awarded October 23, 2025). Activity has been episodic — one award in 2019, then two in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026 — with two awards (the NSF PIVOTS cooperative agreement and the USDA Institute of Food Production and Sustainability project grant) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $3.9 million, substantially exceeding the combined potential-value total, indicating significant prior-year funding and performance drawdowns on active awards.