Facilities and Vessels

Purpose-Built for Education, Innovation, and Discovery

Our campus in East Boothbay, Maine, is an ideal location for everything from scientific and educational pursuits to research on the water in the Gulf of Maine. We make our state-of-the art facilities, science classrooms, meeting spaces, and vessels available to customers and collaborators alike.

Spaces for Collaboration:

• Accommodations for research and education participants
• Collaborative meeting space
• Forum
• Scientific teaching/education spaces
• Greenhouse rental space
• Laboratory rental space

Science Support:

• Drifter deployment and data processing
• Phytoplankton imaging using Flowcam
• Sea-going cytometry facility
• Seawater Suite
• Shallow scientific diving services
• High-performance computing cluster

Vessel Charters:

Our midcoast location on the shores of the Gulf of Maine makes our laboratory the perfect jumping off point for your next research cruise or data collection effort.

We have two research vessels and dive capabilities to suit a broad range of needs.

• The R/V Bowditch, our 48-foot twin screw aluminum catamaran with a large open deck, a deck crane, and a 2000-lb capacity A frame and winch
• The R/V Clarice, a 26-foot boat ideal for diving and other small crew science operations