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The Darling Marine Center recognizes that it is located in South Bristol along the Damariscotta River in the homeland of the Wabanaki Tribal Nations, where issues of water and territorial rights, and encroachment upon sacred sites, are ongoing. The historic Walinakiak Abenaki Tribe and other tribal peoples of the Pemaquid Peninsula area are connected to the modern, consolidated Abenaki Tribal Nation in Quebec and other Wabanaki Tribal Nations–the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet, and Micmac–through kinship, alliances, and diplomacy. The Darling Marine Center recognizes that the Wabanaki Tribal Nations are distinct, sovereign, legal and political entities with their own powers of self-governance and self-determination.

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2024 DMC Highlights

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NASA Sponsored Workshop on Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing

Apply by February 15, 2025
This is an intensive four-week, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level workshop in oceanography and will be offered at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME from May 18-June 14, 2025.

Interdisciplinary Methods for Social-Ecological Systems Science

Apply by February 15, 2025
This is an intensive one-week, interdisciplinary, graduate-level workshop based at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center for the Summer of 2025. This workshop will enable participants to gain experience with concepts and methods from social and ecological science disciplines relevant to social-ecological systems science. The workshop also will contribute to statewide environmental and conservation goals, e.g., those of the Maine Climate Action Plan, by building students’ capacity to engage in collaborative, community-engaged research.

AquEOUS Fellowship

Apply by February 15, 2025
Applications are open for the Aquaculture Experiential Opportunities for Undergraduate Students (AquEOUS) Fellowship, a USDA Research and Extension Experience for Undergraduates (REEU) at the University of Maine’s Wabanaki Center and Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) and in collaboration with Wabanaki Youth in Science. This is a paid fellowship based at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME for 10 weeks in the summer of 2025.

Lobster Ecology & Industry Internships

Apply by February 21, 2025
The Brady Lab and Lobster Institute seek two undergraduate students to assist in marine science research projects this summer at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. All applicants are ideally working towards a bachelor’s degree in a Biological Science, preferably Marine Biology, Environmental Science, Fisher Science, Communications, or a related field.

Microbial Ecology/Biogeochemistry Internship

Prof. Rich is seeking an undergraduate intern for the summer to help with microbial ecology and biogeochemistry projects at the Darling Marine Center (DMC). This internship will provide hands-on experience, enhancing laboratory and field-based research skills to help advance professional and academic careers.

Blue Crab Survey Internship

Apply by February 28, 2025
Are you interested in marine ecology and looking to learn more about field science and invasive species? The Brady Lab, Maine’s Center for sustainable coastal resources at the Darling Marine Center, is recruiting an undergraduate summer intern to join our team as a field scientist on our non-native blue crab Callinectes sapidus survey in the Damariscotta River.

Marine Ecology Summer Internships

Apply by March 15, 2025
Project Title: Understanding the Foraging Ecology of Striped Bass in the Gulf of Maine
The Staudinger Lab is seeking an undergraduate student to assist on a marine ecology research project this summer at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC). This position is primarily field-based but will also include opportunities for gaining laboratory and data management skills.

Marine Water Quality Laboratory (MWQL) Internship

Apply by February 15, 2025
If you have an interest in environmental monitoring, community science, and learning practical field and laboratory analysis skills, the MWQL internship is a great opportunity.

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Semester by the Sea

Semester by the Sea (SBS) is an experiential marine science program for the University of Maine, open to undergraduate students with a sophomore-year standing, who have taken a year of biology and a year of chemistry. Students study and reside at the Darling Marine Center along the coast of the Damariscotta River Estuary, where they experience hands-on applications of marine science topics such as conservation, oceanography, biology, ecology, aquaculture, and scientific diving.

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Email dmc@maine.edu.