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.
- DV-04-003 Preliminary Investigation of Sediment Disturbance from Bloodworm Digging
- DV-04-007 Defining the Maine Piece of the New England Invasive Species Jigsaw Puzzle: Field Site Selection Using Critical Invertebrate Areas as Sampling Locations
- DV-04-011 A Survey of Waterfront Access Points in Cobscook Bay
- DV-04-012 Comparative Study on the Underwater Maneuverability of Gray and Humpback Whales: Using Electronic Tags to Understand Whale Behavior and Ecology
- DV-04-017 Maine Intertidal Zone Investigation (MITZI)
- DV-05-001 Assembling the History of a Marine Invasive Species in Maine: Water Temperature as a Predictor of Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) Outbreaks from 1956-2005
- DV-05-002 Diet, Nest, Attendance and Foraging Areas of Arctic and Common Terns Breeding on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
- DV-05-004 Investigating the Efficacy of Lobster Nurseries for Stock Assessment
- DV-05-007 Ecosystem Modeling of a Macrotidal Estuary
- DV-05-008 Assessing the Potential for Successful Culture of the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, in Maine
- DV-05-009 Metalliferous Plants of the Callahan Mine: Plant Diversity, Heavy Metal Tolerance, and Potential for Phytoremediation
- DV-05-011 Microbial Fuel Cells to Accelerate Biodegredation under Anaerobic Conditions: A Low-maintenance, Environmentally Friendly Approach to Sediment Bioremediation
- DV-05-014 Sears Island Planning: Economic Analysis of an Education, Recreation, and Ecotourism Future
- DV-05-016 Mapping Maine’s Working Waterfront
- MOSAC-02-01 Spatial Dynamics of the Lobster Fishery and Oil Spills in the Gulf of Maine, a Risk Analysis of Oil Spills on the Lobster Fishery
- MOSAC-02-02 Ecological Functions of Fringing Salt Marshes Susceptible to Oil Spills in Casco Bay
- MOSAC-03-01 Measuring the Economic Damages from Oil Spills to Maine’s Marine Economy
- MOSAC-03-02 Three-dimensional Modeling of Cobscook Bay
- DV-06-002 Enhancing Capacity for Economic Research on Marine Industries of Eastern Maine
- DV-06-003 A Pilot Study to Determine the Use of Three Tools to Monitor Toxicity in Bloom Dynamics in Harpswell, Maine
- DV-06-004 Monitoring the Abundance and Distribution of the Invasive Asian Shore Crab, Hemigraspus sanguineus, on the Schoodic Peninsula and its Effects on Intertidal Crab and Bivalve Populations