With 1925 origins as a research station on Solomons Island, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is one the University System of Maryland's two scientific research centers. In 1973 it became the Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies and in 1997 it assumed its current name.

The center provides a unified focus for environmental research and education in Maryland, USA, with special attention to problems of the Chesapeake Bay. Its educational opportunities include graduate studies and undergraduate research internships.

UMCES programs are conducted at three constituent laboratories:

• Appalachian Laboratory (Frostburg, Maryland)
• Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (Solomons, Maryland)
• Horn Point Laboratory (Cambridge, Maryland)

The Center is also administers Maryland's Sea Grant College program.

External link

• University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science