You might know NSF for its funding of breakthrough science and support of innovative researchers. But did you know NSF was created during a federal movement to improve security during and after World War II, and the agency’s work continues to benefit national security? Read more: http://bit.ly/2n0rGG2 | National Science Foundation (NSF)

When the University of Maine & National Science Foundation knows what you did last summer and awards you a research grant for it! Congratulations to Justin Baumann, assistant professor of environmental studies, who has received funding from the University of Maine‘s National Science Foundation EPSCoR eRISE II program to support his project studying mussel populations in the intertidal zones of the Gulf of Maine. This award will fund genetic sequencing of mussels collected by Bates undergrads ove