Chesapeake Global Collaboratory
Connecting people, knowledge, and action to accelerate environmental solutions.
Active initiatives
Track the ideas, partnerships, and projects moving from conversation to action.
Developing Synergies for Maryland’s Environment Retreat
A Retreat for Strategic Environmental Thinking and Problem-focused Collaboration The Chesapeake Global Collaboratory recently hosted more than 85 scientists and policy maker. The Chesapeake…
UMCES Digital Credential Platform
The UMCES Digital Credential Platform provides a structured system for creating, reviewing, issuing, and reporting digital credentials. It supports professional learning, workforce development, academic…
Coastal Resilience Collaboration
Bringing together science, community knowledge, and implementation partners to strengthen coastal resilience.
Environmental Intelligence Exchange
Creating pathways for environmental information to be easier to discover, interpret, and apply.
Maryland Environmental Synergies
Connecting scientists, agencies, and partners to identify shared priorities and move promising ideas toward action.
Upcoming events
Seminars, retreats, workshops, and exchanges that generate new collaborations.
Collaboratory Project Exchange
An interactive session for project teams to share progress, needs, and opportunities for collaboration.
August 18, 2026 · 1:00 pm · Chesapeake Analytics Collaborative BuildingEnvironmental Solutions Seminar
A seminar highlighting emerging approaches to complex socio-environmental challenges.
September 8, 2026 · 12:00 pm · HybridWorking groups
Focused teams combining disciplinary expertise, lived experience, and implementation capacity.
Digital Credentials Working Group
The working group supports credential development, governance, quality review, issuance, and continuous improvement across UMCES.
Science-to-Action Network
Strengthening connections among researchers, practitioners, policy leaders, and communities.
Data Science & Research Computing
Advancing shared data practices, analytical capacity, and research computing collaborations.
Partner organizations
Environmental progress depends on institutions working across traditional boundaries.
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Collaborating Partner
Maryland Environmental Partners
Collaborating Partners
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Lead Institution
Outcomes & deliverables
Visible evidence of what the Collaboratory is producing.
Customized UMCES Digital Credential Site
OutcomePriority Research Concepts Identified
Teams developed actionable concepts for collaborative research, funding, and implementation.
DeliverableCross-Institutional Working Groups Formed
New working groups were established to advance priority environmental topics and shared infrastructure.
PartnershipResources & publications
Reports, datasets, tools, presentations, and other shared products.
Collaboratory Summit Highlights
A public summary of major themes, priorities, and opportunities identified through the Collaboratory Summit.