University of Maryland, Baltimore County Centers and Institutes

These centers and institutes listed below seek out to expand their research, educate, and promote partnerships between the university and the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and beyond.

CAST focuses on the development of sensing technologies: the chemistries, methods, systems and devices used in measuring various substances of interest to biotechnology, medicine, the environment, and homeland security.

[9] The original CWIT site included a large number of resources and links and served as a clearinghouse about women and information technology.

Founded in 1996, the Dresher Foundation has expanded its research mission in order to bring national attention to UMBC's impressive achievements in the humanities.

[13] Founded in 1989, the Imaging Research Center (IRC) uses an entrepreneurial approach to leveraging new technologies and emerging media platforms to create connections between knowledge and people.

IRC activities include research in 3D visualization, immersive technologies, interactive installations, feature-length films, social media, and mobile device applications.

[18] The UMBC Cybersecurity Institute provides unified academic and research leadership, partnership, innovation, and public outreach in this critical discipline.

Hilltop conducts cutting-edge data analytics and translational research on behalf of government agencies, foundations, and nonprofit organizations to inform public policy at the national, state, and local levels.

[23] The Howard Hughes Medical Institute at University of Maryland, Baltimore County is engaged in the research on application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to studies of the structure and function of proteins and macromolecular interactions.

The center links the analytical resources of the university with policymakers in Maryland and the Baltimore region, conducting opinion research, policy analyses, and program evaluations on a variety of topics.

UMBC has several centers and institutes that work with NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
A photograph of an ice stream of Recovery Glacier taken on a Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology mission with NASA
The Shriver Center was named for Former Ambassador to France, Sargent Shriver and his wife, philanthropist and activist, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (pictured right).