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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 67 FA C T BO O K / D O I N G B U S I N E S S I N M A I N E I N N OVAT I O N / R & D BUSINESS | CYBERSECURITY | CRIMINOLOGY | EDUCATION 207-859-1159 thomas.edu/mba Expand your knowledge and ADVANCE YOUR CAREER with a graduate degree. Maine's National Institutes of Health grant recipients Ranked by total funding, 2017 C O M P I L E D B Y S T E P H A N I E R . M E A G H E R 1 Columns may not add up to 100% due to rounding 2 In collaboration with the University of Vermont N O T E S : NIH awarded 129 grants in Maine totaling $89,376,475 in 2017. Waterville's Colby College is listed as having received $1 for International Conference on Infant Studies. S O U R C E : National Institutes of Health Grantee Total funding Total awards Percent of Maine funding 1 Percent of Maine awards 1 Largest project amount Project description 1 Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor $62,095,506 86 70% 67% $5,844,797 Mouse genome database 2 Maine Medical Center 2 Portland $12,640,732 19 14% 15% $3,998,350 Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research (NNE-CTR) Network is to develop and sustain a clinical and translational research infrastructure that supports improvement in rural and community health 3 Mount Desert Island Biological Lab Bar Harbor $7,460,148 10 8% 8% $3,627,800 Renewal of Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) 4 University of New England Biddeford $3,586,510 6 4% 5% $2,101,076 Interdisciplinary center of excellence for the study of pain and sensory function 5 National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education South Portland $1,683,560 3 2% 2% $1,157,149 Training for waste workers and hazardous materials 6 Novo Biosciences Inc. Bar Harbor $769,681 1 1% 1% $769,681 Development of the PTP1B inhibitor MSI-1436 for therapeutic stimulation of heart regeneration following acute myocardial infarction 7 RockStep Solutions Inc. Portland $739,402 1 1% 1% $739,402 Novel use of emergent technologies to improve effi ciency of animal model research 8 University of Maine Orono $400,935 2 0% 2% $260,502 Transformative methods for the solid phase synthesis of oligosaccharides