Federal grants to Biodiversity Research Institute
Biodiversity Research Institute in Portland, Maine received $2.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 10 awards. Its largest program was Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs, with $821,455. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $239,404.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$2.5 million
- Awards10
- Awarded in FY 2025$239,404
- Largest award$522,991
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 3 | $770,251 |
| FY 2022 | 2 | $355,151 |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $610,169 |
| FY 2024 | 2 | $490,793 |
| FY 2025 | 4 | $239,404 |
Programs that fund Biodiversity Research Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | 2 | $821,455 |
| Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation | 2 | $684,435 |
| Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration | 1 | $522,774 |
| Migratory Bird Conservation | 1 | $265,353 |
| Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System | 1 | $58,476 |
| National Fish Habitat Partnership | 1 | $53,800 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection | 1 | $34,997 |
| Migratory Bird Joint Ventures | 1 | $24,478 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | 8 | $1.6 million |
| Department of State | 2 | $821,455 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| To support the government of indonesia (GOI) in restricting hg supplies. Through amending the draft national implementation plan (NIP). | Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | August 13, 2021 | $522,991 |
| Gaining common loon years in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island: an approach using rescue, rehabilitation, outreach, and increasing loon productivity through active raft management | Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration | June 25, 2021 | $522,774 |
| Collision risk models are often used to estimate risk of avian collisions with offshore wind energy turbines. To estimate risk of avian collisions with offshore wind energy turbines in the U.S. Atlantic a stochastic collision risk model using movement data from automated radio telemetry motus studie | Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation | August 14, 2024 | $511,109 |
| Projects to reduce mercury use in asgm can take different approaches, but generally work to reduce mercury demand from the asgm sector through training and capacity building on mercury-free processing technique and/or restricting the supply of mercury r | Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs | September 29, 2023 | $298,464 |
| In the united states, the current analysis of avian risk collision to proposed offshore wind development is done by bureau of ocean energy management boem using the original offshore version of the band model band 2012 due to limitations of the band 2012 model, summarized by masden 2015 , this analy | Migratory Bird Conservation | August 11, 2022 | $265,353 |
| Offshore wind energy development is critical for transitioning the united states from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources and reducing environmental impacts from climate change. The overall goals of this strategy are enticing but impacts to wildlife must be accounted for and minimized for these | Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation | May 2, 2024 | $173,326 |
| 54 u.s.c. 101702B cooperative study unitsto establish and maintain cooperative study units, in partnership with federal, state, and local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education, to facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products r | Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System | July 2, 2025 | $58,476 |
| Our current research has focused on designing an in-situ salmon development monitoring system the first of its kind. Phase II of our research for this grant will focus on using this system and conducting field and lab work to generate temperature and developmental data necessary for estimating the t | National Fish Habitat Partnership | August 18, 2025 | $53,800 |
| Project title: sediment screening dashboard tool: beta versionproject period: 07 28 2025 - 7 27 2027THE goal of the project is to develop a user-friendly, excel-based sediment assessment tool to determine injury based on the physical and chemical properties of sediment samples.activities to be perfo | U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection | July 28, 2025 | $34,997 |
| Estimating sea duck fecundity and survival using age-at-death data | Migratory Bird Joint Ventures | December 18, 2020 | $24,478 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Biodiversity Research Institute get?
$2.5 million in 10 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Biodiversity Research Institute the most?
The Department of the Interior, with $1.6 million in 8 awards. The Department of State follow.
What is Biodiversity Research Institute's largest federal grant?
$522,991 under Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs, with its first action in the period on August 13, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Biodiversity Research Institute?
Its largest are Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs, Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation and Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration.
Other grant recipients in Portland
- Maine Guaranteed Access Reinsurance Association
- Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority
- Mainehealth
- University of Maine System
- City of Portland
- Greater Portland Transit District
- Preble Street
- Portland Housing Development Corporation
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