Recent Grants – Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Dylan Freas receives funding from the American Chemical Society

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:22:45 +0000

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Dylan Freas has received an Undergraduate New Investigator research grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to support his project entitled “Synthetic Approaches Toward Hydrolytically Degradable Polyethylene Glycol and Poly(2-Oxazoline)s.” Congratulations, Dylan!

This work is supported by the donors of ACS Petroleum Research Fund under Undergraduate New Investigator Grant 70210-UNI7.

Tristan Koepke receives funding from the Maine Humanities Council

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:15:39 +0000

Assistant Professor of Dance

Tristan Koepke has an award from the Maine Humanities Council to support his project “ENIGMA: Open Rehearsal and Public Discussion on Choreography, Archives, and the Humanities.” Congratulations, Tristan!

This program/project is supported in part by a Mini-grant from the Maine Humanities Council.

Ifrah Shahi receives NIH Maine INBRE Research Award

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:10:49 +0000

Assistant Professor of Biology

Ifrah Shahi has received a 2 year research project grant through the for her project “Investigating the Kingella kingae Type IV Pili Response to Host-Derived Stimuli.” Congratulations, Ifrah!

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Geneva Laurita receives Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award

Maggie Diamond-Stanic — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:06:08 +0000

Geneva Laurita was awarded the prestigious Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Congratulations, Geneva! More…

Carrie Diaz Eaton receives continued funding from Hewlett Foundation

Maggie Diamond-Stanic — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:00:52 +0000

Congratulations to Carrie Diaz Eaton, who has received a $1,000,000 2-year grant from the to continue the development and work of the , a virtual synthesis center that provides community support, training, professional development, and open access curricular resources opportunities to STEM educations and institutional leaders.

�ֲ��ý Dance Festival receives Funding to Support the 2026 Festival

Shonna Humphrey — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:55:21 +0000

The �ֲ��ý Dance Festival has received grants from the ($25,000) and the ($5,000) to support the 2026 �ֲ��ý Dance Festival and its general operating and programming. If you see BDF Director Shoni Currier on campus, please congratulate her!

Nick Balascio receives National Science Foundation grant

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:23:29 +0000

Associate Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences

Nick Balascio, in collaboration with colleagues at the College of William and Mary, received $22,527 from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Managing Sustainment of Forests and Fisheries.”

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2445367. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

�ֲ��ý Dance Festival receives National Arts Relief Fund award

Shonna Humphrey — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:15:15 +0000

The from Americans for the Arts has awarded the �ֲ��ý Dance Festival a grant for $17,500 in support of its general operating and programming. If you see BDF Director Shoni Currier on campus, please congratulate her!

Asha Tamirisa receives LEF Foundation award

Maggie Diamond-Stanic — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:58:15 +0000

Associate Professor of Music

Congratulations to Asha Tamirisa, Associate Professor of Music, who has received funding from the LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund Early Development Grant program! The funding will support the initial stages of a new project, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, which will be a documentary using wildfire smoke as a material, metaphor, and method to explore attitudes towards climate change.

Assoc. Prof. Asha Tamirisa performs for an audience.
Photo by Tim Buggee

This work is support by a grant from the LEF Moving Image Fund.

Justin Baumann awarded funding from Maine EPSCoR

Maggie Diamond-Stanic — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:43:32 +0000

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Congratulations to Justin Baumann, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, who has received funding from the ‘s National Science Foundation program to support his project studying mussel populations in the intertidal zones of the Gulf of Maine. This award will fund genetic sequencing of mussels collected by �ֲ��ý undergrads over the past summer to identify subpopulations of mussels that may be better able to adapt to changing water temperatures. Collection and analysis of the mussels and sequencing data will be part of the honors theses of two seniors in Justin’s lab this year.

Assist. Prof. Justin Baumann

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