Maine Federal Funding

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

To expand the main laboratory building in East Boothbay, Maine to meet increased demand for its transformative ocean science education initiatives and to support ongoing growth in its innovation and commercial work addressing global issues. The new wing will contain classrooms, artificial intelligence collaboration space, laboratories, as well as new additions to campus including Bigelow’s first teaching labs, a state of the art cryopreservation space for its growing patent repository business,

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Innovation and Education Wing Project

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

To construct an Innovation and Education Wing and expand laboratory facilities as well as construct a 300-person auditorium that will be a resource for the broader community.

Maine Department of Transportation

To reconstruct 4.7 miles of US Route 1 in Van Buren, connecting the Van Buren service center with the Madawaska service center in Aroostook County.

Millinocket Regional Hospital

The project funds needed renovations and expansion of the Millinocket Regional Hospital, including increasing bed capacity, improving ability to care for opioid dependent and psychiatric patients, addition of a decontamination room, and creation of a second entrance for accessing emergency care.

Town of Milo

To construct a new public safety building to house Milo’s fire, police, and public works departments, which are currently housed in the 100-year-old Milo Town Hall.

Bangor Region YMCA

To construct a new YMCA serving the Bangor region. This new facility will help support community needs related to childcare, youth education and development, chronic disease prevention, and workforce recruitment and retention needs.

Bangor Region YMCA

The specific purpose of this request is to support the construction of a $16.57 million Infant, Youth and Teen Education & Engagement Center as part of the overall YMCA project.

Town of East Millinocket

This request will fund the renovation of the finishing room buildings, administration building, and machine shop building at the former GNP paper mill industrial site.

University of Maine System

CDS funding would invest in building out and upgrading nursing simulation at all University of Maine System nursing schools and related program sites to establish a standardized simulation integration program aligned with best practices and expand access to in-demand high-quality affordable public nursing education and workforce training.