External grants awarded >$50,000
Download a PDF of the October 2024 Grant Report.
| Project Title | Principal Investigator | Sponsor Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2028 Integrated Diadromous Ecosystems | Justin Stevens | US Dept of Commerce | $160,029 |
| 2024-2028 Integrated Diadromous Ecosystems: Undergraduate Interns | Justin Stevens | US Dept of Commerce | $61,992 |
| Assessing the feasibility of conservation hatchery supplementation in Maine | Joseph Zydlewski | ME DEPT of Marine Resources US Dept of Commerce |
$66,000 |
| Bolstering Foundational Skillsets of Maine Agricultural Service Providers | Peyton Ginakes | University of Vermont US Dept of Agriculture |
$140,998 |
| Characterizing socioeconomic processes and impacts of change in the American lobster fishery | Joshua Stoll | US Dept of Commerce | $190,493 |
| Collaborative Research: Constraining West Antarctic Ice Sheet elevation during the last interglacial | Seth Campbell Robert Ackert |
National Science Foundation | $124,816 |
| Collaborative Research: Ice-Shelf Rumpling and its Influence on Ice-Shelf Buttressing Process | Seth Campbell Kristin Schild |
National Science Foundation | $102,562 |
| Connecting Better Wild Blueberry Nutrients for Improved Pollination, Pollinator Health, and Pest Management | Philip Fanning | ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$93,490 |
| Creating a Maine Garlic Integrated Pest Management Program | Peyton Ginakes Mark Hutton David Handley |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$51,560 |
| Customizable 3D Matrix to Investigate Glycan Function | Matthew Brichacek William Gramlich |
US Dept of Health & Human Services | $434,385 |
| Expeditionary Maneuver Support Materials and Structure_Option I (tie to 2023688) | Jeff Hallman Scott Tomlinson Roberto Lopez-Anido William Davids Bashir Khoda Evan Wujcik Masoud Rais-Rohani Habib Dagher James Anderson Rolando Luna |
US Dept of Defense | $5,340,000 |
| FY24 Maine Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Funding | Ann Fagan Natalie Springuel Meggan Dwyer |
US Dept of Commerce | $99,634 |
| Impediments to Atlantic Salmon Recovery in Maine | Joseph Zydlewski | US Dept of the Interior | $108,516 |
| Increasing potato production and soilborne disease suppression by organic soil amendment and biocontrol organisms | Qing Jin Jianjun Hao |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$81,525 |
| Joint Administration of Maine InfoNet (personnel costs of Executive Director) | Daisy Singh | Maine State Library Institute of Museum & Library Services |
$99,404 |
| Maine Fire Marshall Workforce and Capacity Assessment | Marcella Sorg Alexander Rezk |
ME Dept of Public Safety | $431,057 |
| Maine Summer Transportation Institute | Amanda Collamore Xenia Rofes Philip Dunn, Jr. |
ME Dept of Transportation US Dept of Transportation |
$50,000 |
| Mitigating the effects of mummy berry on wild blueberry plant health | Seanna Annis Yongjiang Zhang |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$93,425 |
| Monitoring Fishery Resources in Offshore Wind Research Leases | Walter Golet | ME DEPT of Marine Resources | $54,999 |
| MSGC undergraduate research experiences Yr34 | Ali Abedi | Maine Space Grant Consortium National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
$60,000 |
| National Sea Grant Rapid Response Fund: Maine Coastal Storm Recovery | Natalie Springuel Katrina Armstrong |
US Dept of Commerce | $74,999 |
| NMFS/Sea Grant Fellowship | Lisa Kerr | US Dept of Commerce | $107,915 |
| Northeastern States Research Cooperative 2.0 | Aaron Weiskittel | University of Vermont US Dept of Agriculture |
$137,500 |
| PeptoCross: Crosslinked Peptoids for Biomimetic Materials | Alessia Battigelli | National Science Foundation | $235,977 |
| Planning Succession Planting for Locally Grown Cut Flowers | Stephanie Burnett Bryan Peterson |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$83,350 |
| Promoting Climate-Smart and Sustainable Agriculture in New England through Regionally Adapted Agroforestry Systems | Jessica Leahy | University of New Hampshire US Dept of Agriculture |
$89,920 |
| Soils Analytical Lab Expansion & Modernization – Equipment | Diane Rowland Bruce Hoskins |
US Dept of Commerce | $1,900,000 |
| Supporting the Faculty Who Provide Teaching-Focused Professional Development to the Next Generation of College Mathematics Instructors | Natasha Speer | National Science Foundation | $147,103 |
| UMaine FBRI Biochar Testing and Analytical Laboratory |
Clay Wheeler Thomas Schwartz Ling Li Amy Luce Sampath Gunukula |
Northern Border Regional Commission | $1,000,000 |
| UMaine to Develop a 3D printing Platform for RE3D | Susan MacKay Yousoo Han Andrew Gifford |
re3D US Dept of Defense |
$501,585 |
| Youth-led community action braiding Indigenous and Western science to address conflict pollution and prevent future military contamination in Palau | Joshua Stoll Onur Apul |
US Environmental Protection Agency | $69,814 |