OIED RRF Grad Assistant Proposal
Principal Investigator: Jason Bolton (Food Science & Cooperative Extension, UMaine)
Partners: Maine Technology Institute.
Abstract: The Office of Innovation and Economic Development (OIED) proposes to create two graduate assistantships to provide research and commercialization assistance to University of Maine researchers. In particular, the graduate assistants will work with projects funded through initial RRF seed grant round in the aquaculture and related food sector to identify opportunities for commercial applications, further research and industrial partnerships. OIED staff has already connected with RRF projects in these areas to collaborate on commercialization of research to meet the desired economic development objectives of the RRF Fund.