External grants awarded
>$50,000
| Project Title | Principal Investigator | Sponsor Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAREER: Opening the Black Box: Advancing Interpretable Machine Learning for Computer Vision | Chaofan Chen | National Science Foundation | $584,034 |
| Case studies of aquaculture-based restoration from the Sea Grant network | Ann Fagan | Nature Conservancy | $50,000 |
| Effects of Biochar Aging, Application Ratio, and Low-Cost Modification on Reducing PFAS Uptake by Vegetables: Laboratory and Field Studies | Ling Li Onur Apul Yongjiang Zhang |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$467,240 |
| Enhanced Spruce Budworm Monitoring | Neil Thompson | ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry | $68,447 |
| Evaluating PFAS Bioaccumulation and Depuration in Dairy Sheep and Lambs: Using Insights from Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Develop Mitigation Strategies | Glenda Pereira Parente Juan Romero Kizito Nishimwe |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$499,989 |
| Evaluation of fermented sugar kelp as alternative ingredient in the diet of Atlantic salmon | Michael Habte-Tsion Deborah Bouchard Donald Hawkyard Corinne Noufi Meggan Dwyer |
University of Maryland US Dept of Agriculture |
$89,464 |
| FY26 Acquisition of Goods & Services – New England Plant & Soil Lab | Diane Rowland | US Dept of Agriculture | $85,000 |
| Materials for Rapid Power Projection in Arctic and Contested Environments | Eric Landis Cody Sheltra William Davids Roberto Lopez-Anido Justin Lapp Kimberly Huguenard Jennifer Ross Philip King Paul Villeneuve James Gayton Samuel Heathcote Philip Bean |
US Dept of Defense | $6,500,000 |
| MDOT TIDC Contribution: Augmented Environment | Richard Corey | ME Dept of Transportation | $50,000 |
| MDOT TIDC Contribution: Durability of Thermoplastic Rebars Used in Reinforced Concrete Structures | Roberto Lopez-Anido Sunil Bhandari james bryce |
ME Dept of Transportation | $100,000 |
| NSF CAREER: A Transformative Approach for Teaching and Learning Geometry by Representing and Interacting with Three-Dimensional Figures | Justin Dimmel | National Science Foundation | $170,383 |
| Predicting the location of marine debris and ghost gear aggregations along the Maine coast | Damian Brady | OceansWide College of William and Mary US Dept of Commerce |
$85,666 |
| RAPID DETECTION AND MONITORING OF PFAS IN WATER AND SOLIDS | Sharmila Mukhopadhyay Wenhu Wang |
ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry US Dept of Agriculture |
$496,432 |
| SHF: Small: Enabling Dialogue Systems for Non-Functional Requirements | Sepideh Ghanavati | National Science Foundation | $310,000 |
| Spruce budworm monitoring for Early Intervention Strategy | Angela Mech | US Dept of Agriculture ME Dept of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
$500,000 |
Contact: research@maine.edu
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