Global Research Centers

UMD has a vast array of research centers whose work has international dimensions.

Many are partnerships with important national agencies or institutions in nearby Washington, DC:

• Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (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 (UMD/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy) 
• Joint Quantum Institute (UMD/National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce) 
• Joint Space Science Institute (UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (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 (UMD College of Behavioral and Social Sciences/U.S. Department of Homeland Security) 
• National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (UMD/National Science Foundation) 

Some represent state or campus-wide research initiatives:

• The Future of Information Alliance
• Language Sciences and Culture
• Maryland Cybersecurity Center
• Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
• Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance

Some are collaborations between UMD colleges/schools:

• Center for East Asian Studies (Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences) 
• Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Information Studies)
• National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, A. James Clark School of Engineering, Maryland School of Public Policy)
• UMD Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering) 
• Institute for Physical Science and Technology (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering) 
• Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering) 
• Maryland Cybersecurity Center (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering) 
• UMD NanoCenter (College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, A. James Clark School of Engineering) 

Many are located in one of UMD’s 12 colleges and schools, or other divisions:

• College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
  • Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, INC
• School of Architecture Planning & Preservation
  • Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development
• 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
  • Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies
  • Center for Literary and Comparative Studies
  • Center for Global Migration Studies
  • Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
  • Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies
  • International Program for Creative Collaboration & Research (Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies)
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
  • Roshan Center 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 Addictions, Personality and Emotion Research
  • Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing
  • Center for Heritage Resource Studies
  • Center for Innovation
  • Center for International Development and Conflict Management
  • Center for International Economics
  • Center for Research on Military Organization
  • Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) Laboratory
  • Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of Maryland (INFORUM)
  • International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS) 
  • Laboratory of Comparative Studies of Functional Brain Neuroanatomy
  • Maryland Population Research Center
  • Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
• Robert H. Smith School of Business
  • Center for Excellence in Service 
  • Center for Financial Policy 
  • Center for Health Information & Decision Systems 
  • Center for International Business Education
  • Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change
  • Center for Social Value Creation
  • Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
  • Supply Chain Management Center 
• College of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciences
  • Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling
  • Frauhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering
  • 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
  • The Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology
  • Center for Risk and Reliability
  • Institute for Systems Research
  • Maryland Hybrid Networks Center
  • Maryland Robotics Center
  • Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute
  • Smart Materials and Structures Research Center
• iSchool (College of Information Studies)
  • Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information
  • Information Policy and Access Center
  • 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 Public Policy and Private Enterprise
• School of Public Health
  • Biostatics and Risk Assessment Center
  • Center for Health Behavior Research
  • Cultural Competency in Healthcare
  • Physical Cultural Studies
• University Libraries
  • East Asia Collection
  • The Gordon W. Prange Collection of Japanese print publications issued during the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945-1949