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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,

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.

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.