BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 1, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has pulled the plug on the University of Maine’s multi-million-dollar Maine Sea Grant. The current four-year grant is entering its second year. “It has been determined that the program activities proposed to be carried out in Year 2 of the Maine Sea Grant Omnibus Award are no longer relevant to the focus of the Administration’s priorities and program objectives,” a letter NOAA sent late Friday night to the university said. Termination of the funding is immediate, the letter said. It is the latest fallout for Maine from the cuts by Elon Musk.