The Research Ambassador program supports faculty and staff from across the University of Maine System to: create an interdisciplinary, supportive, cross-campus cohort of researchers to share experiences, best practices, and peer learning opportunities; participants serve as a voice/ambassador for researchers on their campuses and a point-of-contact to increase awareness of and accessibility of resources and opportunities; collaborative research ideation & development, funding opportunity identification, and proposal support; and aims to broaden the research footprint more intentionally statewide.
- Increase awareness of UMS research resources and support
- Faculty affiliation pathways with the UM Graduate School, Centers, and Institutes
- Visiting Instructor of Practice- placing UM graduate students on UMS campuses
- New, internal RRF planning grant opportunity to promote the creation of collaborative research teams across UMS.
- Collaborative, interdisciplinary and cross-campus research ideation and proposal development.