Research & Program Development Projects
Maine Sea Grant supports scientific research that addresses issues of importance to Maine’s coastal communities. Proposals are requested through a biennial research competition (next RFP is in 2019). We also provide project development funds for seed or pilot projects throughout the year. See the Funding page for more information.
- R-24-26-Wilson Using hydroacoustics to support shad and river herring management
- R-24-26-Goldstein Evaluating the northward range expansion of the blue crab through monitoring and collaborative capacity building
- R-24-26-Bates Co-design of virtual environments for commercial fishing and offshore wind interactions
- R-24-26-Farr Supporting co-management of river herring: Collaborative research to understand river herring population dynamics
- R-24-26-Burkholder Inviting conversation on a daunting topic: The role of microplastics in microbial safety of marine foods
- DV-21-02 Oceanographic regime shift impacts on threatened baleen whale species’ distribution and diet
- R/22-23-Mills Access and adaptation in Maine’s marine fisheries
- R-22-23-Kerr An ecosystem context for fisheries decision-making in Maine coastal waters
- R-22-23-Johnson Methane emissions and carbon sequestration in tidally restricted salt marshes
- R-22-23-Aeppli Composition and transport of forever chemicals (PFAS) in Maine’s estuaries
- R/22-24-NESGR-Bates: Community Engagement and Stakeholder Perceptions of Floating Offshore Wind
- R/22-24-NESGR-Beard: Can Proprietary Commercial Lobstering Data be Used to Inform Offshore Wind Development?
- R/22-24-NESGR-Leslie: Building capacity for participatory approaches to community resilience and ocean renewable energy siting
- R-20-01 Identifying Seed Source Populations Supporting the Culture of Atlantic Sea Scallops in Coastal Maine
- R-20-02 Market development as mitigation strategy for ecosystem damage and predation by invasive green crab
- R-20-05 Rapid detection of Vibrio of oyster management
- R-20-04 Industry-established food safety guidelines for post-harvest handling of edible seaweed towards a more resilient coastal community
- R-20-03 Examining Spatial and Temporal Variability in Soft-Shell Clam Recruitment: Establishing a Coastwide Monitoring Program
- DV-20-02 A tagging study to understand sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) growth and movement in the Lower Penobscot Bay rotational management area
- DV-20-04 Are lobster habitats changing as an indirect effect of climate change?
- DV-20-03 Linking ecological and social resilience in coastal communities