Global Research Centers
Our Research Centers Lead the Charge in Taking on Global Grand Challenges
Browse the Maryland research centers whose work addresses global grand challenges.
- Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI: UMD, University of Maryland, Baltimore/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC: UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN: UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Joint Global Carbon Cycle Center (UMD Department of Geographical Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI: UMD/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)
- Joint Quantum Institute (JQI: UMD/National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce)
- Joint Space Science Institute (JSI: UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES/EFRC: UMD/U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory/University of Florida, UC Irvine, Yale University)
- National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START: UMD College of Behavioral and Social Sciences/U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC: UMD/National Science Foundation)
- Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS: College of Arts and Humanities/College of Behavioral and Social Sciences)
- Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH: College of Arts and Humanities/College of Information Studies [iSchool])
- National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education (NCSG: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources/A. James Clark School of Engineering/School of Public Policy)
- UMD Institute for Advanced Computer Studies UMIACS: (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST: College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP: College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2: College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Maryland NanoCenter (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/A. James Clark School of Engineering)
- Quantum Technology Center (QTC)
- Social Data Science Center (SoDa) (College of Information Studies [iSchool]/College of Behavioral and Social Sciences)
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
School of Architecture Planning & Preservation
College of Arts & Humanities
- The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
- Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
- National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)
- Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies
- Center for Global Migration Studies
- Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
- Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center (LACSC)
- Roshan Institute for Persian Studies
College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
- The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development
- The Baha’i Chair for World Peace
- The Lisa and George Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace
- Center for Global Agricultural Monitoring Research
- Center for Heritage Resource Studies
- Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)
- Department of Economics: Macroeconomics and International Economics
- Center for Research on Military Organization
- Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) Laboratory
- The International Center for Innovation in Geospatial Analytics & Earth Observation
- International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS)
- Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC)
- Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Robert H. Smith School of Business
- Center for Excellence in Service
- Center for Financial Policy
- Center for Global Business (CGB)
- Center for International Business Education
- Center for Social Value Creation
- Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
- Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets
- Supply Chain Management Center
College of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciences
- Brin Mathematics Research Center
- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Maryland Pathogen Research Institute
A. James Clark School of Engineering
- Alfred Gesso Rotorcraft Center
- Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
- Center for Advanced Transportation Technology
- Center for Environmental Energy Engineering
- Center for Materials Innovation (CMI)
- Center for Risk and Reliability
- Center for Sustainability in the Built Environment
- Fraunhofer USA Center Mid-Atlantic (CMA)
- Institute for Systems Research
- Maryland Robotics Center
- Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute
- Smart Materials and Structures Research Center
College of Information Studies (iSchool)
- Center for Archival Futures (CAFe)
- Computational Linguistics and Information Processing (CLIP)
- Human-Computer Interaction Lab
College of Education
- The Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture
- Center for Integrated Latent Variable Research
- Multilingual Research Center
School of Public Policy
- Center for Global Sustainability
- Center for International and Security Studies
- Center for Governance of Technology and Systems (GoTech)
School of Public Health
- Biostatics and Risk Assessment Center
- Center on Aging
- CONSERVE
- Global Health Initiative
- Physical Cultural Studies
University Libraries
- East Asia Collection
- International Piano Archives
- Jewish and Israel Studies Collection
- Persian Studies Collection
- The Gordon W. Prange Collection of Japanese print publications issued during the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949