SUMMER 2017 Maine INBRE Celebrates 15 Years Former INBRE Director Patricia Hand, Ph.D., hands over the reins to Dr. James Coffman and reflects on the program’s impact on the state of Maine over the past 15 years. Since its inception in 2001, the funding....
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SUMMER 2017 Maine INBRE Celebrates 15 Years Former INBRE Director Patricia Hand, Ph.D., hands over the reins to Dr. James Coffman and reflects on the program’s impact on the state of Maine over the past 15 years. Since its inception in 2001, the funding. 91% of the trained The Impact of INBRE Maine INBRE program has been a students who graduate have gone Since 2001 ... model of what IDeA funding can on to pursue careers in science, do in a state like Maine - provid- many in Maine, and the number $54 Million in grants ing training to over 2,000 students, creating more than 100 new jobs in of science majors at our partner institutions has increased 59 awarded in Maine as a Maine’s research and educational percent since 2009 (see page result of INBRE-funded sectors, and resulting in $54 million 12 for stories of student alumni research in indirect federal and other grant achievements). >> CONT. PAGE THREE >100 New Jobs 91% of INBRE created in Maine graduates pursue >2,000 Students careers
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