Federal grants to University of Maine System
University of Maine System in Orono, Maine received $405 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 491 awards. Its largest program was Congressionally-Identified Projects, with $44.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $31.5 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$405 million
- Awards491
- Awarded in FY 2025$31.5 million
- Largest award$19.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 123 | $86.2 million |
| FY 2022 | 139 | $65.5 million |
| FY 2023 | 163 | $112 million |
| FY 2024 | 138 | $110 million |
| FY 2025 | 95 | $31.5 million |
Programs that fund University of Maine System
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Congressionally-Identified Projects | 8 | $44.6 million |
| Integrative Activities | 32 | $36.9 million |
| Education Stabilization Fund | 2 | $35.0 million |
| Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | 24 | $24.6 million |
| STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) | 21 | $21.3 million |
| Sea Grant Support | 34 | $19.3 million |
| Bridge and Other Transportation Infrastructure Research Program | 1 | $16.0 million |
| Smith-Lever Extension Funding | 5 | $12.9 million |
| Payments to Agricultural Experiment Stations Under the Hatch Act | 10 | $12.7 million |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy | 1 | $12.6 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | 160 | $90.9 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 118 | $83.0 million |
| Department of Commerce | 65 | $76.9 million |
| Department of Education | 20 | $57.8 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 38 | $29.9 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency institutional funds under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (CARES) act. | Education Stabilization Fund | March 19, 2021 | $19.8 million |
| The x-bridge project awards $8,000,000 to the university of Maine to conduct research and prototyping with the goal of developing technologies that can deliver bridges at half the cost in half the time with double the lifespan. The project has a total of five major tasks, covering the design of the | Bridge and Other Transportation Infrastructure Research Program | May 15, 2025 | $16.0 million |
| Emergency financial aid grants to students under the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security(CARES) act. | Education Stabilization Fund | March 19, 2021 | $15.2 million |
| Rii TRACK-1: molecule to ecosystem: environmental dna as a nexus of coastal ecosystem sustainability for Maine (Maine-edna) | Integrative Activities | October 6, 2020 | $12.7 million |
| This cooperative agreement is awarded to the university of Maine for a project entitled ''an intermediate-scale version of the volturnus + floating offshore wind turbine platform concept in a real ocean environment with an operating turbine off the coast of Maine.” this award is being made in accord | Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy | September 25, 2023 | $12.6 million |
| ** awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** our overarching objective is to advance technologies that co-produce fish feed ingredients and saf from low grade woody biomass with | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) | March 11, 2024 | $10.0 million |
| Purpose - the purpose of the project is to construct a new green engineering and materials (GEM) factory of the future. Activities to be performed - the gem factory of the future will provide a building addition of approximately 94,720 square feet to the advanced structures and composites center on | Congressionally-Identified Projects | April 10, 2023 | $9.9 million |
| Purpose/scope: the green engineering and materials (GEM) factory of the future is proposed as an integrated flexible manufacturing space that leverages industry 4.0, ai-enabled, large-scale additive, subtractive and hybrid digital manufacturing technology developed by umaine and its federal, national | Congressionally-Identified Projects | August 4, 2023 | $7.9 million |
| Purpose: the purpose of this new facility is to enable researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry to demonstrate at scale forest-based innovations to support sustainable products in support of a national circular economy.activities to be performed: the activities that will be conducted in this buildin | Congressionally-Identified Projects | August 26, 2024 | $7.4 million |
| Regulation of cellular behavior in response to extracellular cues - project summary cobre - 1P20GM144265-01 parent award goal: the parent award goal is the cobre center for the regulation of cellular behavior in response to extracellular cues. This cobre grant supports 5 junior project leaders from | Biomedical Research and Research Training | April 5, 2023 | $7.4 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does University of Maine System get?
$405 million in 491 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives University of Maine System the most?
The National Science Foundation, with $90.9 million in 160 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce follow.
What is University of Maine System's largest federal grant?
$19.8 million under Education Stabilization Fund, with its first action in the period on March 19, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund University of Maine System?
Its largest are Congressionally-Identified Projects, Integrative Activities and Education Stabilization Fund.
Other grant recipients in Orono
- Four Directions Development Corp
- Global Secure Shipping Inc
- Orono Public Library Foundation
- Wabanaki Womens Coalition Inc
- Paramount Planet Product LLC
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