Founded: 1925
Former
Institution Names and Statues:
Department of Research and Education, 1941
Natural Resources Institute, 1961
Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies,
1975
Constituent
Units:
Appalachian
Laboratory
Located in Frostburg
and founded 1973
Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory
Located in Solomons
and founded 1925
Horn
Point Laboratory
Located in Cambridge
and founded in 1973
Maryland
Sea Grant College
Located in College
Park
Began as a program
in 1977, established as a college in 1982
Research
Fleet Operations
Faculty and Staff: 325
Graduate Students: 110
Total Expenditures: $34 million
Principal Research Programs:Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Hydrology, Toxicology, Fisheries Science, Ecological Economics, Aquaculture
Application of Science:
Maryland
Sea Grant College
Integration
and Application Network
Education Programs:
University System of Maryland graduate programs
in
Marine-Estuarine-Environmental
Sciences Graduate Program
Toxicology
Fisheries and Wildlife Management
Undergraduate
research internships
K-12
teacher training
Environmental education for more than 5,500
K-12 students per year
Public outreach concerning marine resources
and the environment
