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Sustainability Solutions Initiative

The Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) was funded by a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to ME EPSCoR at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø. The project’s mission was to connect knowledge with action in ways that promote strong economies, vibrant communities and healthy ecosystems in and beyond º£½ÇÉçÇø.

Sustainability Solutions Initiative Project Portfolio

Understanding Ecological, Social, and Economic Aspects of Bycatch and Building Stakeholder Alliances in the Gulf of º£½ÇÉçÇø Lobster Fishery
Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Statewide

Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Understand the Impacts of Wind Energy Siting
Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Monhegan Island, º£½ÇÉçÇø

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of Southern º£½ÇÉçÇø, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Portland and Bangor

Decision tools to support water resources sustainability of managed lake systems
Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, University of Southern º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Sebago Lake Watershed

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø School of Law
Project range: Lower Penobscot River Watershed and Casco Bay Watershed

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Cooperative Extension
Project range: Coastal º£½ÇÉçÇø

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Down East º£½ÇÉçÇø

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Range: Project wide

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø
Range: Project wide

Team: Bates & Bowdoin Colleges, University of Southern º£½ÇÉçÇø
Project range: Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers and Estuary

Team: Colby College
Project range: Belgrade Lakes Watershed

Team: University of New England
Project range: Saco River Estuary

Team: Unity College
Project range: Southern & Central º£½ÇÉçÇø

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Presque Isle (UMPI)
Project range: Aroostook River Watershed

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Farmington (UMF)
Project range: Belgrade & Rangeley Lakes Regions

Team: University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Fort Kent (UMFK)
Project range: St. John Valley

University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Augusta (UMA)
Project range: Statewide

Supported by National Science Foundation award EPS-0904155 to º£½ÇÉçÇø EPSCoR at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø.