Research and
Development
@
An update to Corporate Partners
on USM’s research and development
activities, accomplishments and aspirations
This morning, we want to
• Intrigue you
• Inform you
• Engage you in an
important question
about R&D@USM
Maine people are asking …
Can we
afford
Maine’s
University
System?
People from away are asking …
Does
science
matter?
A.G. Edwards & Sons Co. AAA Northern New England Acadia Trust, N.A. Acadia Insurance Company Allen & Coles Moving
Androscoggin Bank Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice Androscoggin Valley Council of
Governments Anthem BC/BS ARAMARK Assist2Sell Buyers & Sellers Realty Austin Associates, CPA's AVCOG Awards
Plaques & Trophies Baker Newman & Noyes Bancroft & Company Bangor Savings Bank Banknorth Group, Inc. Barber Foods
Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker Bisson Transportation Blethen Maine Newspapers Boise
Cascade Office Products Bradish Young Insurance Business Equipment Unlimited Camden National Bank CCCS of Maine, Inc.
CD & M Communications Central Maine Power Century Tire & Auto City of Portland Clark Associates Insurance Clover Manor,
Inc. Coastal Payroll Services Combined Management, Inc. Community Credit Union Community Health Services Group
DESIGNsmith Dragon Products Earle W. Noyes & Sons Employment Times Encompass Marketing & Design Ethos Marketing
and Design Falcon Shoe Co. Fidelity Title Co., Inc. Fleet Forest City Geiger Gleason Radio Group Gorham Savings Bank
Greater Portland Chambers Hannaford Bros. Harriman Associates Head & Associates Hewins/Carlson Wagonlit Travel Holt
Consulting Group Hurley Travel Experts IDEXX Image Works Infinite Services, Inc. infoSpectrum Inplan Group LLC Institute
for Global Ethics Isaacson & Raymond P.A. Jim Milliken Training John F. Murphy Homes Kelly Remmel & Zimmerman LA
Excels Lapoint Industries Law Office of Robert Danielson L.L. Bean Lee Auto Malls Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth
Council Liberty Mutual Insurance LiveBridge LRI, Inc. MacDonald Page Schatz Fletcher Maine Bank & Trust Maine Council
on Economic Education Maine Credit Union League Maine Development Foundation Maine Employers Mutual Insurance
Company (MEMIC) The Maine Heritage Policy Center Maine International Trade Center Maine Medical Center Maine Science
and Technology Foundation Mainebiz Manpower Marsh, Inc. MEBSR Mechanics Savings Bank MeSDA Nason Mechanical
Systems National Semiconductor Nelson & Caras LLC New York Life Insurance & NYLIFE Securities Nichols Portland/Parker
Hannifin Northern Ecological Associates Northern Utilities Norway Savings Bank Omnia Technologies Otis, Atwell &
Timberlake Payton Construction Philips Elmet Pierce Atwood Pierce Furniture Pine Tree Networks Pizzagalli Construction
Co. Portland Mentoring Alliance Portland Pipe Line Co. Poulin Financial Services PricewaterhouseCoopers Pro Search, Inc.
Promising Futures Purdy Powers & Company Ram Harnden Commercial Real Estate Richardson Hollow Associates, Inc.
Robert Danielson, Esq. Rotary International Safe Handling Seabee Electric, Inc. Sherwin-Williams Co. Sisters of Charity
Health System SMRT Architecture & Engineering Spiller's SPIRExpress Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. Sun-Journal Swardlick
Marketing Group Systems Engineering Tabb Tech The Thinking Companies Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers Town of Gorham
United Kingfield Bank University Credit Union UNUM Provident ValCom Valentine & Company Verizon Verrill & Dana, LLP
VIA Inc. Ware Street Inn West Group Winter People, Inc. Woodard & Curran, Inc. World Affairs Council Wright Express
Wright-Ryan Construction
What does research
and development have
to do with YOU?
Maine Investments in R&D
45,000
Annual Average 1999-2003 = $28,142k
40,000
Maine
Technology
Institute
30,000
R&D bonds of 1998 & 2002
25,000
UMS Infrastructure
20,000
15,000
UMS MEIF
(R&D Operations)
10,000
5,000
EPSCoR Match
0
19
91
19
92
19
93
19
94
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
03
000s of $
35,000
Maine
Patent
Program
Fiscal year
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
VALUE OF PROPOSALS SUBMITTED
120
110
Amount (X $1,000,000)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
95
96
97
98
99
Fiscal Year
00
01
02
03
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
CONTRACT & GRANT EXPENDITURE ACTIVITY
40
35
Amount (X $1,000,000)
30
25
20
15
10
5
95
96
97
98
99
Fiscal Year
00
01
02
03
FY04 projections …
• Proposals
$86,000,000 or more
• Awards
> $40,000,000
• Expenditures
$42,000,000
Changes happen in research …
For students and faculty …
Research is rich in possibilities …
The possibilities keep growing …. UP!
Research is rooted in and
responsive to the region …
Research bringing Mainers home
and new talent to Maine …
USM Center for Integrated and Applied
Environmental Toxicology
 Ability to investigate Maine’s health problems with a
multidisciplinary approach from ‘test tubes to
populations.
 Increasing the impact that Maine researchers have
on regional and national health concerns.
 Dramatic increases in biomedical funding in state.
 More educated and better trained Maine workforce
through continuing education, undergraduate,
graduate, and postdoctoral training opportunities.
Yalemembers
CIAET
Dr. Zhang
USM Center for
Integrated and Applied
Environmental
Toxicology
Maine DOA
USM/Maine BOH
Asthma Epi Dr. Ehrenkrantz
Ms. Tippy
UNH
Asthma Epi
Dr. Wake
Dr. Hicks
Univ. Utah
USM
Asthma and PM
Pesticides
Dr. Yost
Dr. Langley-Turnbaugh
Dartmouth
Maine ChapterPM Receptor
Asthma and PM
Dr. Hamilton
Amer. Lung Assoc.
USM
Asthma and PM
Dr. Anderson
Dr. Gordon
Maine DEP
Asthma
Univ. Vermont
PM Chemistry
PM Source
Dr. Mossman
Maine BOH
PM and Lung
USM
Dr. Smith
Harvard
Dr. Wise
Dr. Paulu
Dr. Brain
PM Lung CellsAsthma biomarkers
PM Inflammation
Univ. Montana
USM
USM
Dr. Holian
Dr.
D’Orsie
Dr. Pelsue
PM Collection
Ind.
Hyg.
PM Inflammation
Maine Investments in R&D
45,000
40,000
Annual Average 1999-2003 = $28,142k
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
19
91
19
92
19
93
19
94
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
03
000s of $
35,000
Fiscal year
Research is
good business
But …
A.G. Edwards & Sons Co. AAA Northern New England Acadia Trust, N.A. Acadia Insurance Company Allen & Coles Moving Androscoggin
Bank Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments Anthem
BC/BS ARAMARK Assist2Sell Buyers & Sellers Realty Austin Associates, CPA's AVCOG Awards Plaques & Trophies Baker Newman &
Noyes Bancroft & Company Bangor Savings Bank Banknorth Group, Inc. Barber Foods Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson Berry Dunn
McNeil & Parker Bisson Transportation Blethen Maine Newspapers Boise Cascade Office Products Bradish Young Insurance Business
Equipment Unlimited Camden National Bank CCCS of Maine, Inc. CD & M Communications Central Maine Power Century Tire & Auto City
of Portland Clark Associates Insurance Clover Manor, Inc. Coastal Payroll Services Combined Management, Inc. Community Credit Union
Community Health Services Group DESIGNsmith Dragon Products Earle W. Noyes & Sons Employment Times Encompass Marketing &
Design Ethos Marketing and Design Falcon Shoe Co. Fidelity Title Co., Inc. Fleet Forest City Geiger Gleason Radio Group Gorham
Savings Bank Greater Portland Chambers Hannaford Bros. Harriman Associates Head & Associates Hewins/Carlson Wagonlit Travel Holt
Consulting Group Hurley Travel Experts IDEXX Image Works Infinite Services, Inc. infoSpectrum Inplan Group LLC Institute for Global
Ethics Isaacson & Raymond P.A. Jim Milliken Training John F. Murphy Homes Kelly Remmel & Zimmerman LA Excels Lapoint Industries
Law Office of Robert Danielson L.L. Bean Lee Auto Malls Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council Liberty Mutual Insurance LiveBridge
LRI, Inc. MacDonald Page Schatz Fletcher Maine Bank & Trust Maine Council on Economic Education Maine Credit Union League Maine
Development Foundation Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) The Maine Heritage Policy Center Maine International Trade
Center Maine Medical Center Maine Science and Technology Foundation Mainebiz Manpower Marsh, Inc. MEBSR Mechanics Savings
Bank MeSDA Nason Mechanical Systems National Semiconductor Nelson & Caras LLC New York Life Insurance & NYLIFE Securities
Nichols Portland/Parker Hannifin Northern Ecological Associates Northern Utilities Norway Savings Bank Omnia Technologies Otis, Atwell &
Timberlake Payton Construction Philips Elmet Pierce Atwood Pierce Furniture Pine Tree Networks Pizzagalli Construction Co. Portland
Mentoring Alliance Portland Pipe Line Co. Poulin Financial Services PricewaterhouseCoopers Pro Search, Inc. Promising Futures Purdy
Powers & Company Ram Harnden Commercial Real Estate Richardson Hollow Associates, Inc. Robert Danielson, Esq. Rotary International
Safe Handling Seabee Electric, Inc. Sherwin-Williams Co. Sisters of Charity Health System SMRT Architecture & Engineering Spiller's
SPIRExpress Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. Sun-Journal Swardlick Marketing Group Systems Engineering Tabb Tech The Thinking
Companies Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers Town of Gorham United Kingfield Bank University Credit Union UNUM Provident ValCom
Valentine & Company Verizon Verrill & Dana, LLP VIA Inc. Ware Street Inn West Group Winter People, Inc. Woodard & Curran, Inc.
World Affairs Council Wright Express Wright-Ryan Construction
What does research
and development have
to do with YOU?