Include information of all current grant support with an explanation of the availability of these funds for your work at the Laboratory. These programs enhance undergraduate education in the biological sciences and are awarded to undergraduate students with a minimum of one year of biology and chemistry. Awards consist of a stipend, housing, travel, laboratory fees and funds for supplies. To encourage interest in scientific careers for students of promise, the Laboratory, along with the National Science Foundation and local contributors, provide funding to enable high school juniors and seniors to work in the laboratories of eminent physiologists and to participate in real research. Currently awards give preference to Maine students.
Grants consist of a stipend, board, and funds for research participation.
Requests for these funds are submitted by returning Principal Investigators and must include a brief justification and summary of scientific work proposed. There are ten separate laboratory buildings with a total of 32 laboratory units. Flowing seawater is available in the labs or on nearby decks. Several laboratory units are insulated, and it is the responsibility of Principal Investigators using those labs to provide their own air conditioning or dehumidifying units. Principal Investigators must install telephones in their laboratories as office phone lines are limited and needed for general laboratory business.