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FBRI Funds Support Grant Partner Research and Outreach Projects

From low impact logging to enzymatic wood separation and k-12 teacher workshops…FBRI grant recipients are empowered to explore the potential of wood bioproducts and science based careers.

Tuesday November 6th, 2007


The "Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative," funded by the National Science Foundation, has a goal to "provide strategic programs and opportunities that will solidify and strengthen Maine’s R&D capacity and competitiveness in the area of forest bioproducts research."

For more information on the EPSCoR awards process go to http://www.umaine.edu/epscor/

2007 EPSCoR Grant Partners

  • Maine Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health
  • Low Impact logging Education Project
  • Improving Woody Biomass Separation by Enzymatic Means
  • Upper St. John Valley Community Forest Project
  • Education Outreach in Support of the University of Maine Forest Bioproduct Research Initiative
  • Teaching middle and high school science using real environmental data
  • Engaging Youth through Participation: A Day of Workshops and Activities at the 2008 Forest for Maine’s Future Public Expo
  • Upward Bound Bridge Students Become Research Capable
  • The Northeast Bioproducts Puzzle: 2007 Forest Products Society Northeast Section Meeting
  • Maine Energy Education Program (MEEP) Bioenergy Outreach Education Program
  • Professional Development through Collaborative Networks: An Innovative Partnership to Strengthen K-16 Science and Mathematics Education
  • Summer Laboratory Mathematics School for Sixth and Seventh Graders
  • Green Products Business Plan Competition 2007-08

 

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This project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EPS-0554545 This project is supported by the Department of Energy EPSCoR program under award number DE-FG02-07ER46373