Recipient of federal assistance · BAR HARBOR, ME

THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

THE MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY received $10M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 15 actions, +52% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $47.8M. Its largest awarding agency was National Institutes of Health ($7.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$10M
New awards
5
Actions
15
Since FY2021
$47.8M
UEI
U46RJM97ML83
Location
BAR HARBOR, ME
Nonprofits
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 7.5MFY2021
  2. 8.8MFY2022
  3. 7.5MFY2023
  4. 7.5MFY2024
  5. 6.6MFY2025
  6. 10MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$10M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$7.4M74%
  2. 93.493 · Congressional Directives$1.9M19%
  3. 47.074 · Biological Sciences$465K4.7%
  4. 93.361 · Nursing Research$265.5K2.7%
  5. 93.172 · Human Genome Research-$1440.0%
  6. 93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research-$70K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$7.6M76%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Health Resources and Services Administration$1.9M19%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. National Science Foundation$465K4.7%

Largest awards

  1. COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS INBRE IN MAINE$56M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 5, 2021 – Jun 11, 2026· P20GM103423
  2. THE MDIBL CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF TISSUE REPAIR, REGENERATION AND AGING - OVERALL PROJECT SUMMARY LIMITED REGENERATION OF DAMAGED…$3.8M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jul 3, 2024 – Jul 9, 2026· P30GM154610
  3. IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS REQUIRED FOR INTEGRATION OF KIDNEY ORGANOID AND HOST EPITHELIA$2.9M
    93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Jun 11, 2021 – Jan 2, 2026· UC2DK126021
  4. CENTER FOR ADVANCING SCIENCE EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - PROJECT ABSTRACT LIFE SCIENCES IS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING SECTORS OF…$1.9M
    93.493 · Congressional Directives· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· CE160092
  5. ORIGINS OF RENAL PHYSIOLOGY$1.6M
    93.847 · Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 13, 2021 – Jun 8, 2026· R25DK095727
  6. THE FUNCTION OF GERM GRANULE PROCESSES THAT MAINTAIN PLURIPOTENCY IN THE C. ELEGANS GERMLINE - PROJECT SUMMARY THE PLURIPOTENT POTENTIAL OF…$1.2M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Dec 15, 2023 – Mar 23, 2026· R35GM152109

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $273.3K (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. JACKSON LABORATORY$100K37%
    BAR HARBOR, ME · 1 subaward
  2. TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$97.9K36%
    HANOVER, NH · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$75.3K28%
    FARMINGTON, ME · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $97K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$67.1K69%
    NEW YORK, NY · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$29.9K31%
    ORONO, ME · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $552.4K paid out · $83.7K received
  • FY2022: $561K paid out · $126.4K received
  • FY2023: $608.8K paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $482.1K paid out · $599.1K received
  • FY2025: $271K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $273.3K paid out · $97K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.