BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES
EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine
Total Received
$35.0M
Total Awards
32
State
Maine
Last Updated
Feb 5, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
$14.2M24
$20.8M25
Top 32 Awards to BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES
Largest individual federal awards on record for this recipient, ranked by obligated amount. Data through February 5, 2026.
| Award | Awarding Agency | Program | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_60NANB23D124_013 PURPOSE: BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES SEEKS A $12,202,740 GRANT FOR THE INNOVATION AND EDUCATION WING PROJECT, EXPANDING THE MAIN LABORATORY BUILDING IN EAST BOOTHBAY, MA… | Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology | 11.617 CONGRESSIONALLY-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $12,202,740 |
ASST_NON_2436200_049 E-RISE RII: MAINE ALGAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCELERATOR -MATERIALS FROM MACROALGAE ONE CAN SEE AND MICROALGAE THAT ONE CANNOT SEE ARE FOUND IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS AS DIVERSE… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.083 INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $4,221,501 |
ASST_NON_2510715_049 EQUIPMENT: EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 2, ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT WORKFLOW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SINGLE CELL GENOMICS -A SINGLE CELL IS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF BIOLOGICAL ORGA… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.083 INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $2,705,882 |
ASST_NON_DEAR0001834_089 BBIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES. AMENDMENT 0002 - PHASE II TRANSITION
DE-FOA-0002989 (SEA CO2) CONTROL #2989-1519
PROJECT TITLE: ''MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION O… | Department of Energy Department of Energy | 81.135 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY - ENERGY | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $2,279,867 |
ASST_NON_2452579_049 NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR REAL-WORLD CHEMICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS: INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MONITOR METHANE EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK USING AN ADVANCED GRAVIMETRIC MICROSENSOR -TH… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.084 NSF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $1,999,584 |
ASST_NON_1840949_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INDIVIDUAL BASED APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING KRILL DISTRIBUTIONS AND AGGREGATIONS -ANTARCTIC KRILL (EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA) ARE AN ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT COMPON… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.078 POLAR PROGRAMS | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $748,633 |
ASST_NON_2447183_049 PURSUIT: LIFE-HISTORY PATTERNS, SYSTEMATICS, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF WIDESPREAD BUT CRYPTIC PATESCIBACTERIA -AN ASTOUNDING REVOLUTION IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH HAS TAKEN P… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $746,577 |
ASST_NON_2515654_049 ICBR: CAPACITY: BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS: PROVASOLI-GUILLARD NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARINE ALGAE AND MICROBIOTA (NCMA) -AN AWARD IS MADE TO BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES TO SUP… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.074 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $686,095 |
ASST_NON_2344426_049 NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR (L): INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MONITOR METHANE EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK USING AN ADVANCED GRAVIMETRIC MICROSENSOR. -THE LIFETIME OF METHANE IN THE ATMOSPH… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.084 NSF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $649,975 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0394_080 22-PACE22_2-0010 PACE OCEAN COLOR VALIDATION IN AN OPTICALLY COMPLEX SHELF SEA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $637,829 |
ASST_NON_2241456_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE BERMUDA ATLANTIC TIME-SERIES STUDY: SUSTAINED BIOGEOCHEMICAL, ECOSYSTEM AND OCEAN CHANGE OBSERVATIONS AND LINKAGES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC (YEARS 36-40)… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $636,050 |
ASST_NON_2452071_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REVEALING RNA VIRUS AND HOST POPULATION DYNAMICS ACROSS MARINE OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONES -WARMER OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE LEADING TO EXPANDING OXYGEN LOSS WITHIN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $630,848 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC22K0197_080 PARTICULATE INORGANIC CARBON (PIC) IS ONE OF THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF THE GLOBAL OCEAN CARBON CYCLE. THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CALCIFICATION MARINE ORGANISMS PRODUCE PIC A… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $608,801 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC23K1355_080 22-EXO22-0056 PILOT STUDY: ACTIVE-LIFE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES AND LINEAGE-RESOLVED MICROBIAL PROCESS RATES IN AN OCEAN WORLD ANALOG SUBSURFACE ECOSYSTEM | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $551,254 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC20K0013_080 REMOTE SENSING METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE QUANTIFY AND MONITOR CARBON IN A CONTINENTAL SHELF SEA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $502,255 |
ASST_NON_2421159_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFGEO-NERC: THE COLLOIDAL SHUNT AS A CRITICAL NEXUS OF THE OCEAN IRON AND CARBON CYCLES -THE TURNOVER OF ORGANIC CARBON IN THE OCEAN PLAYS AN IMPORTANT RO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $499,806 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC25K7815_080 EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTI… | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2025 | $499,785 |
ASST_NON_NA23OAR4170580_013 PURPOSE: EPIZOOTIC SHELL DISEASE (ESD) HAS CONTRIBUTED HEAVILY TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LOBSTER STOCK AND IS A LOOMING THREAT TO THE GULF OF MAINE (GOM) LOBSTER… | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 11.417 SEA GRANT SUPPORT | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $499,250 |
ASST_NON_2349230_049 REU SITE: BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THE GULF OF MAINE AND THE WORLD OCEAN -THE BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES LOCATED IN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $479,609 |
ASST_NON_1756271_049 PHOSPHONATE UTILIZATION BY EUKARYOTIC PHYTOPLANKTON: WHO, HOW, AND WHERE? -PHOSPHORUS (P) IS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT FOR ALL LIVING CELLS. IT IS A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF GENETIC MATER… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $472,014 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K0718_080 22-PACE22_2-0042 LEVERAGING SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PARTICLE STOCK MEASUREMENTS FOR PACE VALIDATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $460,072 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1748_080 PARTICULATE INORGANIC CARBON PRODUCT MAINTENANCE FOR MODIS AQUA AND TERRA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $454,506 |
ASST_NON_NA23NOS4780277_013 DIARRHEIC SHELLFISH POISONING SYNDROME IS CAUSED BY THE INGESTION OF TOXINS COMPRISING OKADAIC ACID AND ITS ANALOGUES, PRIMARILY DINOPHYSISTOXIN-1, DINOPHYSISTOXIN-2, WHICH CAUSE… | Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 11.478 CENTER FOR SPONSORED COASTAL OCEAN RESEARCH COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $396,595 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC21K1733_080 OCEAN COLOR REMOTE SENSING OF ZOOPLANKTON: DETECTING SWARMS OF CALANUS IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $361,261 |
ASST_NON_2330788_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEATION OF COMPLEX MIXTURES EMITTED FROM MARINE PLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES -THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON INVESTIGATING HOW THE EMISSIONS FROM VARI… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $304,365 |
ASST_NON_2407777_049 EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 1: ACQUISITION OF A DESKTOP SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR AQUATIC MICROBIAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION -AN AWARD IS MADE TO BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIEN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.083 INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $264,582 |
ASST_NON_2343145_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A NOVEL APPROACH TO STUDY MONOMETHYLMERCURY IN NATURAL PHYTOPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES -MERCURY (HG) REMAINS AN IMPORTANT POLLUTANT IN THE OCEAN DESPITE INTERNAT… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.050 GEOSCIENCES | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $158,036 |
ASST_NON_80NSSC24K1329_080 MODIS TERRA AND AQUA PARTICULATE INORGANIC CARBON ALGORITHM MAINTENANCE | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 43.001 SCIENCE | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $152,317 |
ASST_NON_2228257_049 EAGER: ANT LIA: PERSIST OR PERISH: RECORDS OF MICROBIAL SURVIVAL AND LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE FROM THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET -ICE CORES FROM GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS PROVIDE DETAIL… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.078 POLAR PROGRAMS | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $110,956 |
CONT_AWD_80NSSC20P0819_8000_-NONE-_-NONE- SEQUENCING AND ADDITIONAL SERVICES | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | — | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $46,700 |
ASST_NON_2322281_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IDEAS LAB: LIGHT IN THE DARK: FIBER OPTIC SENSING OF CLIMATE-CRITICAL CARBON CYCLE COMPONENTS AT WATER/ICE-AIR INTERFACES -LAKES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.070 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $11,235 |
ASST_NON_2322221_049 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IDEAS LAB: BLUES: BOUNDARY LAYER UNDER-ICE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING -GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVING ALL FORMS OF ICE TO MELT FROM THE EARTH?S SURFACE AND CO… | National Science Foundation National Science Foundation | 47.041 ENGINEERING | EAST BOOTHBAY, ME-01 | 2024 | $0 |
Top 32 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Federal Programs (CFDA)
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11.617 — CONGRESSIONALLY-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS$12.2M
47.083 — INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES$7.2M
43.001 — SCIENCE$4.2M
47.050 — GEOSCIENCES$3.9M
47.084 — NSF TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND PARTNERSHIPS$2.6M
81.135 — ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY - ENERGY$2.3M
47.078 — POLAR PROGRAMS$860K
47.074 — BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES$686K
11.417 — SEA GRANT SUPPORT$499K
11.478 — CENTER FOR SPONSORED COASTAL OCEAN RESEARCH COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM$397K
Source: USAspending.gov · All Recipients · Maine