The Facility for Oceanographic Research @ Middlebury or FOR@M is named for the microfossils (foraminifera) that form the basis for much of our work.

The lab is set up to facilitate undergraduate work on research projects focused on reconstructing past ocean/climate system changes with the goal of elucidating forcings & feedbacks.

The FOR@M, completed in August of 2023, has two components, the sediment prep lab and the trace metal clean lab. These components enable micropaleontological and geochemical research and are both critical to the lab’s mission.