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Whether opening entire new avenues of environmental research, investing in cutting-edge innovation, providing important graduate student support, or fostering community engagement in watershed issues and citizen science, we are deeply grateful to partner with our donors in seeking solutions.
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Appalachian Laboratory
Support environmental education and other programs.
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Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Support responsible fisheries management, coastal habitat restoration, pollution monitoring and other conservation programs.
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Horn Point Laboratory
Support oceanography, water quality, marsh restoration, shellfish, and other programs.
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Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
Support cutting-edge research in microbiology, molecular biology and biotechnology.
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Integration & Application Network
Support efforts to accomplish positive environmental change through scientific synthesis, engagement and communication.
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Maryland Sea Grant
Support programs and research to help communities deal with our state’s major environmental challenges.
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Graduate Student Support
Empower the next generation of environmental leaders tackling the challenges that can’t wait. Your gift today fuels the research that shapes tomorrow’s solutions.
Ways to Give
However you choose to make your gift, know your support helps meet the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Donor Stories
Innovative philanthropy pushes the boundaries of environmental science discovery
Philanthropy enables scientists to answer early key questions and obtain critical proof-of-concept results that can be used to leverage support from traditional funding agencies.
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Philanthropic Coalition Renews Major Investment in Appalachian Laboratory Science for Second Year
In 2024, a group of donors committed to advancing environmental conservation in the central Appalachians created a transformational solution: the Appalachian Laboratory Investor Network, or TALIN. Now, in year 2, TALIN has funded two new research projects focused on forest conservation and management.
UMCES Chesapeake Biological Lab Receives $1 Million Donation to Endow Professorship
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science' Chesapeake Biological Laboratory proudly announces a landmark $1 million donation from longtime supporters Brian Hochheimer and Marjorie Wax.
UMCES’ Chesapeake Biological Laboratory receives transformative gift to study contaminated waterways
The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory announces a $1 million gift from Brian Hochheimer and Marjorie Wax to establish the Anthropogenic Changes in Estuarine Systems (ACES) Initiative, a five-year project to study chemicals in waterways that could be having harmful impacts on environmental and human health.
JES Avanti Foundation supports UMCES’ DolphinWatch efforts
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory announces its first sponsorship donation from the JES Avanti Foundation to support its Chesapeake DolphinWatch program.
IMET Angel Investors Make Largest Commitment in History
This year, the IMET angel investors made the group’s largest commitment to date, giving a wonderful opportunity to fund four projects for 2024 at $100,000 each.
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Investing in science, investing in solutions
At UMCES, we share your sense of urgency in addressing the vital environmental issues of the day, and are grateful to our donors who are making an impact supporting science.