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SEANET’s Legacy: The impact of interdisciplinary aquaculture research on the state of Maine

The Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network In January 2020, Maine EPSCoR’s Research Infrastructure Improvement Track 1 project, the Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET), was officially completed. However, the legacy of the program will live on through the continued interdisciplinary research carried out by institutions such as the Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI), which is SEANET’s named legatee. […]

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DOE EPSCoR Implementation Grant: Harsh Environment Materials and Fabrication Techniques for Wireless Sensor Applications

PI: Mauricio Pereira da Cunha Co-PI: Robert Lad Research Associate: Luke Doucette Award Amount: $750,000 Award Dates: September 2019 – September 2021 Harsh Environment Sensor Technology and its Impact Imagine gas turbine engines, like those found on airplanes, or nuclear or coal power plants that experience high temperatures with corrosive and erosive conditions. These engines […]

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Maine-eDNA K-12 Innovation Seed Grants

Maine EPSCoR is pleased to announce the availability of the Maine-eDNA K-12 Innovation SEED Grant program. The purpose of this program is to develop partnerships with organizations and institutions to increase K-20 STEM opportunities through outreach and education programs, and activities that are aligned with Maine-eDNA’s project’s research initiatives across the state of Maine. The […]

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Student Profile: Gabrielle Brodek

Gabrielle Brodek is a student in the Master of Science in Teaching Program (MST) offered by the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center), who is working as the Maine-eDNA graduate student with the UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H office. Her current goal is to help develop education materials relating to the new Maine-eDNA […]

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ME EPSCoR introduces the official Maine-eDNA logo

Maine EPSCoR is excited to introduce the official Maine-eDNA logo! After careful consideration and discussions amongst the Leadership Team, the program chose Tilan Copson, University of Maine Research Marketing and Communications Specialist, as the designer. “Designing logos can be really fun, especially when there is a basic concept to work with,” says Copson. “For Maine […]

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ME EPSCoR produces new video featuring Jason Brough

A Maine EPSCoR student video production* presents Jason Brough, a member of the Shoshone Nation and a PhD Student in Anthropology and Environmental Policy at the University of Maine. Brough works as a graduate student with Wabanaki youth on Indian Island, as part of the Wabanaki Youth in Science (WaYS) program, which is supported through […]

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Exciting New Funding Opportunities

The NSF Division of Integrative Organismal Systems will be hosting virtual office hours to review new RFPs and and answer any questions you may have about their division. Please see the Dear Colleague letter below for more information and registration link: Dear Colleague, Please join us for our monthly information session to learn about ongoing […]

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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H and ME EPSCoR utilize youth development to strengthen the future of Maine’s aquaculture workforce

4-H is one of the most iconic youth development programs in the nation and is most recognizable for its agriculture programs. Most people recognize 4-H from seeing youth present at local fairs. Now, 4-H is taking their youth development programming into the rapidly growing Maine aquaculture sector. 4-H has a rich history of programs dedicated […]

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EPSCoR funded researchers are developing a low-cost, non-invasive approach to monitoring Diabetic Polyneuropathy (DPN)

Karissa Tilbury, an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Maine, is the Principal Investigator of an ongoing NSF-funded Track-4 award titled: Diffuse Optical Imaging for Early Detection of Diabetic Polyneuropathy.  She and her graduate student, Wyatt Austin, recently returned from the first of two visits to the […]

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