Office of Research Development at the University of Maine

“The Office of Research Development’s mission is to promote a culture of research excellence statewide.”

ORD

Identifies targeted funding opportunities
Provides proposal development support
Leads training and professional development opportunities
Facilitates writing groups for recurring grant programs (USDA, NSF, NIH, NEH, etc.)
Coordinates internal grant funding opportunities and support
Manages the UMaine internal limited competition process

Upcoming Outreach Events

CORE/Data Management

April 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

“Development of Cost Effective Biosorbents to Remediate Heavy Metals and PFAS Contaminated Wastewater” (MEIF-SCI)

May 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Early Career Funding Opportunities

May 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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ORD is available to discuss your specific funding needs and help identify potential federal and foundation opportunities. Please reach out to one of our team members.

ORD’s Curated Funding Website-a weekly-updated list of federal and foundation grant opportunities; and other available funding opportunity resources.

Pivot-funding database that strengthens research by exploring new avenues for funding and collaboration-for all UMS faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students.

Foundation Directory Online-funding database for private and corporate foundation opportunities.

InfoReady- internal UMaine funding opportunities and application portal.

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ORD offers a variety of online workshops that are accessible to UMS faculty, staff and students

UMS Research and Innovation Speaker’s Series-monthly Zoom series showcasing research and educational programming occurring throughout UMS.

ORD’s Professional Development Series– bi-monthly Zoom series focusing researcher-identified topics such as: project management, research collaboration, student mentoring, and much more.

Grants 101– Zoom workshop to learn more about the Pivot funding database and proposal writing strategies, offered in collaboration with Fogler Library; presented annually in October and March.

Finding Funding Challenge-week-long asynchronous experience, offered in collaboration with Fogler Library; each day you will receive an email with short, self-paced tasks designed to build your grant seeking skills; available annually in December.

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ORD offers a variety of cohort-based opportunities designed to build professional networks and collaborations; develop skills to secure grant funding in support of research and scholarly pursuits; and faculty career development.

Grants Academy-academic year-long cohort experience to build networks, help development research ideas, identify funding opportunities, and proposal writing skills; open at all UMS researchers

Research Ambassadors-academic year-long cohort experience to build cross-campus networks, encourage research collaborations, identify funding opportunities and available research resources and support; open at all UMS researchers

EMPOWER (Enhanced Mentoring Program with Opportunities for Ways to Excel in Research) year-long faculty mentoring experience, offered in collaboration with the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost; open to UM/UMM faculty

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ORD is available to support you through the proposal development process- below are links to the three most commonly requested proposal resources.

UMaine ORA’s Common Proposal Reference Information UMS Tax Exempt Letter Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

ORD is available to help find potential collaborative partners that can broaden the impacts of your research projects and programs.

NSF defines broader impacts as the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes. Broader impacts can be integrated into all fields of research and scholarly activities throughout UMS: community educational engagement, K-12 outreach, community and economic development; workforce development; health and well-being; societal and global needs; and many more.

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ORD is available to support you and your research endeavors; please click on the more information button below to learn more about our team.

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ORD Research Impact Showcase

Maine Economic Improvement Fund- Small Campus Initiative FY24 Awardees:
Kennedy Rubert-Nason; UMFK- “Closing Maine’s Circular Bioeconomy: Repurposing Biochar Residues as Soil Amendments to Promote Carbon Storage and Tree Growth” (Research)
Brian Beal; UMM- “Cultivating Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Maine’s Mariculture and Marine Science Sectors through Workforce Development and Enhanced Research Capacity” (Research)
Leigh Belair; UMPI- “MLT Program Modernization & Meeting Demand” (Research Infrastructure)
Jason Johnston; UMPI-“A Remote Field Vehicle to Further Advance UMPI’s Innovative Research on Northern Maine’s Natural Resources” (Research Infrastructure)
Jean Doty; UMF- “Biotechnology Workforce Development” (Research Infrastructure)
Matthew Wallhead; UMPI- “Growing Maine’s Bioeconomy: Undergraduate Greenhouse Research for Economic Growth” (Research Initiation)
Udaya Jayasundara; UMPI-“Development of Cost Effective Biosorbents to Remediate Heavy Metals and PFAS Contaminated Wastewater” (Research Initiation)
Megan Walsh; UMM– “Aquaculture Workforce Development in Undergraduate Learning” (Research Infrastructure)