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/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
- DV-20-05 Quantifying Soft-Shell Clam Fecundity Across Two Regions of the Maine Coast
- DV-19-18: New pathogen discovery in wild blue mussels from the Gulf of Maine
- DV-19-16: Aquaculture in Maine Classrooms – Making Connections
- DV-19-19: The Lobster Gangs of Maine in a changing fishery
- DV-19-17: The who, how, and why? A deep dive into understanding Maine’s fishermen-farmers
- DV-19-09 Boat modifications and haulable longlines to improve efficiency and safety in seaweed harvest
- DV-19-12 Alternative lobster bait attractant testing
- DV-19-05 Perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) and phthalates in marine mammals found in the Gulf of Maine adjacent Canadian waters: relevance to human health
- DV-19-06 Effects of microplastic fibers presence and ingestion on American lobster larvae
- DV-19-07 Shell Day: Marine Monitoring Blitz