Appendix II: MIEAP Process

In February 2021, MIEAB directed Maine EPSCoR to begin gathering recommendations of priority research areas to be included in the 2023-2027 Maine Innovation Economy Action Plan. Over the course of the following two years, Maine EPSCoR invited dozens of researchers and stakeholders from a broad range of public, private, and non- profit institutions to submit their ideas and recommendations. It then invited additional stakeholders to review and comment on the submissions it received. Final recommendations were combined into a unified plan for statewide science and technology investments. A sub-group of MIEAB members reviewed early drafts of the plan in fall 2022, and the full board reviewed it in late 2022. Board members had opportunities to comment on, and request changes to, the plan during three meetings at which the plan was discussed, and to submit written comments via email and an online survey. Some board members also submitted written comments from colleagues. The final plan was approved by MIEAB on March 22, 2023.

MIEAB Meetings

October 27, 2021

December 22, 2021

January 6, 2022

May 26, 2022

July 14, 2022

November 21, 2022

January 26, 2023

March 2, 2023

MIEAB Plan Sub-Committee Meetings

September 20, 2022

November 2, 2022

Written Input Resubmitted by Individuals from the Following Institutions

(On the full plan and/or on relevant research areas, submitted via email or online survey)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Blue Lobster Consulting

Blue Marble Geographics

Colby College

Downeast Institute

Ecological Aquaculture Foundation

Governor’s Energy Office

Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the

Future

LandVest

Maine Department of Economic and Community

Development

Maine Discovery Museum

Maine Forest Service

Maine Governor’s Energy Office

Maine Grains

Maine Marine Composites

Maine Space Grant Consortium

Maine Technology Institute

Maine Venture Fund

MaineHealth

MDI Biological Laboratory

Mook Sea Farms

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nord University, Norway

Ocean Renewable Power Company

Pavan Enterprises, LLC

Roux Institute at Northeastern University

Stonyfield Farm

The Jackson Laboratory

The Nature Conservancy

United states Department of Agriculture

(Agricultural Research Service and Forest Service)

University of Maine

University of Maine School of Law

University of New England

University of Southern Maine