University of Maryland Research Park

The M Square research community includes:

Environmental and Earth Sciences

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• The University of Maryland/Pacific Northwest National Lab Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI
• Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)

Food Safety and Agriculture Policy

• United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• UMD/FDA Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
• Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)

Language and National Security

• Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)
• National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)
• Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
• Raytheon

Other

• American Center for Physics (ACP)
• Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering
• Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX)
• Optimal Solutions Group