Outreach Events
Feb 3rd: “Maine Maritime Academy: Coastal and Marine Environmental Science” (Maine Coastal and Marine Climate Action Fund/MEIF-SCI award)
Steven Baer, Associate Professor; Marine Science
LeAnn Whitney, Associate Professor; Oceanography
Kerry Whitaker, Associate Professor; Coastal and Marine Environmental Science
Mar. 3rd: Rural Issues’ Research
4-H Maple Woodlands Agriculture and Workforce Development
Andrew Hudacs, Cooperative Extension 4-H
Rural Resilience: The Role for Innovative Public Transportation
Jonathan Rubin, Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center; CJ Evans-Ralston & Kathleen Spear (undergraduate researchers)
Apr. 7th: Building Ethical Resilience Among College Students Using Metacognitive Approaches
Ross Hickey– Assistant Provost for Research Integrity;
Bruce Thompson– Professor of Psychology
University of Southern Maine
May 5th: “Development of Cost Effective Biosorbents to Remediate Heavy Metals and PFAS Contaminated Wastewater” (MEIF-SCI)
Udaya Jayasundara, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; UMPI
Jan. 22nd– NSF Major Research Instrumentation/ Project Management (ORD)
Karl Kreutz; Professor/Director, School of Earth and Climate Sciences; Climate Change Institute; UM
Feb. 12th–Supporting Student Research
Sandra De Uriote-Stone- Associate Professor of Nature-based Tourism/Assistant Vice President for Research (NSF-NRT)
Heather Hamlin– Professor and Director of the School of Marine Sciences; UMaine (NSF S-STEM)
Feb. 26th-Measuring Research Impacts
Mar. 12th– HHS, NIH, HRSA
David Harder– Director, UMaine Institute of Medicine/ University Research Professor of Medicine
Jeffrey Hecker– Professor of Psychology & Director of Clinical Training (HRSA)
Mar. 26th–Open Access/Creative Commons
Casey Koons– Open Scholarship Librarian; Fogler
April: 9th– ED, IES, Foundations
Sara Flanagan– Assistant Professor of Special Education (ED)
Bridie McGreavy– Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism (Foundation)
Apr. 23rd– Data Management/Security
Megan Tardif- Director, Coordinated Operating Research Entities (CORE); UM
May 14th– Early Career Funding
Evan Wujcik– Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (NSF)
Qing Jin– Assistant Professor of Food Science (USDA)
May 28th– Research Infrastructure & Support
Grants 101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Writing Basics (Zoom)
This workshop will provide information and instruction on how to set-up and use Pivot- a funding opportunity database accessible across UMS- along with general strategies on reading funding calls and proposal writing. Mar 18th; 10am-12pm; Click to Register
Finding Funding Challenge (asynchronous)
Each day, for five days, participants will receive an email with short, self-paced tasks designed to build grantsmanship skills. You will learn how to effectively and efficiently find funding opportunities tailored to your creative and scholarly interests, strategically read and respond to a funding call, and make your grant proposal a standout. December 16th-20th; RSVP to join the Challenge
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