Research Centers and Institutes

These bastions of innovation connect students and faculty to pursue research, teaching and outreach.

UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute

Aquaculture Research Institute

(ARI)
A photo of the 3D printer at Factory of the Future

Advanced Structures and Composites Center

(ASCC)
Flowers outside Alumni Hall

Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

(CCIDS)
Forestry Students

Center for Research on Sustainable Forests

(CRSF)
Student with Petri Dish

Center for Undergraduate Research

(CUGR)
Elderly woman hold hand with man

Center on Aging

Image of arctic researchers

Climate change Institute

(CCI)
Researcher investigates vial of biofuel

Forest Bioproducts Research Institute

(FBRI)
Scientists in clean room laboratory

Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies

(FIRST)
Projection on Bangor standpipe

Innovative Media, Research and Commercialization Center

(IMRC)
Hospital documents and stethoscope laid on top of a laptop

Institute of Medicine

photo of lighthouse

Maine Center for Genetics and the Environment

(MCGE)
Participant at RISE Center 3d Printing workshop

Maine Center for Research in STEM Education

(RiSE Center)
Researcher works on SeaNET bouy

Maine Sea Grant

Stevens Hall

Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

Wheat

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

(Mitchell Center)

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