{"id":46433,"date":"2024-06-27T14:42:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/?page_id=46433"},"modified":"2025-09-30T09:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:21:54","slug":"research-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/research-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\"><strong>The Research Ambassador program supports faculty and staff from across the 91±¬ΑΟ System to: create an interdisciplinary, supportive, cross-campus cohort of researchers to share experiences, best practices, and peer learning opportunities; participants serve as a voice\/ambassador for researchers on their campuses and a point-of-contact to increase awareness of and accessibility of resources and opportunities; collaborative research ideation &amp; development, funding 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