Government Partnerships
Partnership Overview: NIST
The University of Maryland and the National Institute for Standards and Technology have had a longstanding partnership around collaborative research in several key areas, including biotechnology, cybersecurity, and quantum science. The partnership between the institutions dates back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the Center for Neutron Research and Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) was created. Since then, the partnership has grown to encompass additional UMD research centers. The Center for Biosystems Research (CBR) was established in College Park in 2010, and later, CARB and CBR were merged into the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), located in Shady Grove, Md.
In the area of quantum science, the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) was established, comprised of leading quantum scientists from the UMD Department of Physics, NIST, and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS). The creation of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) was announced in October 2014 with the support and participation of NIST, UMD, and the Research Directorate of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS). Scientists at the center will conduct basic research to understand how quantum systems can be effectively used to store, transport and process information.
UMD has contributed the most student interns out of any university to NIST's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. UMD also has received more research support from NIST than any other university.
Centers and Collaborations
Partnership News
Funding will allow the center to expand its research and educational activities, including additional support for postdocs and graduate students
Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science Receives Renewed Federal Funding from NIST
The AI system could help reduce the amount of trial-and-error time scientists spend in the lab
The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland is proud to announce that 36 of its students have been accepted into the National Institutes of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in Gaithersburg, Md.
36 Clark School Students Accepted into NIST Summer Research Program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded the Clark School's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) a five year, $15 million grant to renew its collaboration with its Technology Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).
The program will bring some 50 fellows per year over three years to work at NIST laboratories in Gaithersburg, Md., and Charleston, S.C., providing new research collaborations among, students, faculty and NIST scientists, and further developing a future scientific talent pool with extensive training in measurement science and engineering.
NIST will employ 34 students in its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program – the highest number ever from the Clark School (the previous high was 23 students).
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made a $1.5 million competitively awarded grant to the Maryland NanoCenter towards a new cooperative program to further their efforts to develop measurement technologies and other new tools that support the creation of new nanotechnologies.
Dr. Hratch Semerjian, acting director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will be the commencement speaker at the Clark School graduation ceremony on May 22, 2005.
NIST Director Semerjian to Speak at May 22 Clark School Commencement