The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) jointly oversee the UMB-UMBC Research and Innovation Partnership Grant Program.

‌UMB-UMBC Partnership

Seed Grant Information‌

Contacts: For questions regarding application guidelines and future opportunities, please contact Dr. Joni Prasad at UMB or Dr. Don Engel at UMBC.

The intent of this initiative is to promote structured collaborations between UMBC and UMB and to advance the institutions’ joint goals in research and innovation. The UMB-UMBC Research and Innovation Partnership Grant Program will:

• Foster creative teams of investigators working across disciplinary boundaries and institutions.
• Support new research foci and the underlying basic science to pursue future health care improvements and/or technologies.
• Stimulate submission of innovative basic and translational science research proposals to federal, public, or private funding agencies.