MIT Received Over $21 Million In CARES Act Contracts In Lexington

LEXINGTON, MA — The federal government has sent six companies funding under the CARES Act for coronavirus relief efforts in Lexington.

The bulk of the funding went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Cambridge-based university. MIT was given over $21 million in five separate contracts, all from the Department of Air Force for research and development in the physical, engineering and life sciences, according to the Federal Procurement Data System.

TIAX, a laboratory-based technology development company, was one of the six companies that received a CARES Act contract in Lexington. TIAX's contract came from the Department of the Army and funding will go to men's apparel manufacturing.

Eastern Research Group, a multidisciplinary environmental consulting firm, received over $1 million in two CARES Act contracts from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management for professional, scientific and technical services.

Fuji Film Medical Systems, iSpecimen Biotechnology Company and Copious Imaging all receieved over $200,000 each in CARES Act contracts.

Congress passed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act on March 27. In addition to direct aid to people who lost their jobs and the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses avoid laying off workers, the act included direct government spending for fighting the coronavirus.

Patch has reached out to MIT for comment.