Partnerships

Partnerships

Faculty, staff and students work collaboratively with businesses through non-disclosure agreements. They also conduct a wide range of tasks under grant and contract awards from such organizations as the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Interior, and State, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundations and over 50 other funding sources.

On an annual basis, UMES receives over $21 million in new grant and contract awards from Federal, State and private sector sources. Federal sources include: DoD, DOC, DOI, USDA, U.S. State Department, DHHS, EPA, NASA, NOAA, FDA, DOE, DoED, NSF, and DOT.

The Hawk Children's Fund was established to involve UMES students, faculty and the broader community in the creation, planning and development of a project designed to raise awareness of global issues involving children and to generate funds to assist "at-risk" children in Africa. Click here to find out more.