2020 Faculty Research Fund Awards Announcement
The Faculty Research Fund program aims to support faculty in establishing or maintaining high quality research programs and other creative achievements. Competitions are held annually and funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School through a review and nomination process by the Faculty Research Fund Committee.
The 2020 Presidential Research and Creative Achievement and Faculty Research Fund awardees are:
Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award
Recognizes faculty who have attained distinction in University of Maine鈥檚 mission to facilitate the research, scholarship, and creative activity that results in national and international recognition.
Robert Steneck, School of Marine Sciences, Darling Marine Center
Steneck is an internationally recognized marine ecologist whose research expertise ranges from coral reefs and kelp forests to fisheries and marine conservation and management. His Gulf of Maine ecosystem research includes extensive studies of the life histories and habitats of the American lobster
Regular Faculty Research Awards
Assists members of the faculty in establishing or maintaining high quality research programs that will extend the limits of existing knowledge and lead to a tangible final product (e.g., performance, showing, publication, grant proposal, etc.).
- Julie Gosse, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
鈥淢echanisms of Cetylpyridinium Chloride Inhibition of Immune Cell Function鈥 - Karl Kreutz, Earth and Climate Sciences
鈥淚sotope Hydrology in the Penobscot River Watershed: Towards Integrated Water Cycle Monitoring, Analysis, and Research/Education鈥 - Kristin Schild, Earth and Climate Sciences
鈥淐limate Impacts on the Glaciers of the Southern Patagonia Icefield鈥 - Deborah Saber, Nursing
鈥淜eeping Patients Safe from Recognized and Novel Healthcare Associated Infections: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and COVID-19鈥 - Rebecca Buchanan and Tammy Mills, Education
鈥淒eveloping a Community of Teacher Leaders Across the Career Span鈥
Summer Research Awards
Provides $8,000 awards for faculty summer salaries for a minimum of 1.5 months research effort.
- Dominic Winski, Earth and Climate Sciences
鈥淓xpanding Arctic Research at the University of Maine through a Collaborative Ice Coring Project鈥 - Joel Anderson, History
鈥淐oordinating the Crusades in the Medieval North鈥 - Fayeza Ahmed, Psychology
鈥淩ole of Exercise and Genetic Variables on Cognitive and Cerebrovascular Function鈥 - Amanda Olsen, Earth and Climate Sciences
鈥淚nvestigating Serpentine Weathering at the Rio Cupeyes NEON Site as a Terrestrial Analog for Mars鈥
Contact: Jason Charland, jason.charland@maine.edu
More information on the Faculty Research Fund program and other award competitions can be found on the Office of Research Development website.