Bioscience Research Institute
Who We Are and What We Do
The Institute is a unit within Research Initiatives, the USM organization that stimulates research campus wide.
The Bioscience Research Institute fosters research in the biosciences at the University of Southern Maine and partner institutions. It brings together faculty researchers and staff from at least seven academic programs at USM:
The Institute is also home to:
The Institute has two major purposes:- To serve as the focal point for attracting external funding for R&D in the biosciences by fostering small group collaborations as well as individual research, and
- To facilitate the participation of USM and affiliated faculty in delivering the University of Maine collaborative Ph.D. program with emphasis in carcinogenesis and environmental toxicology.