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The Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability and Risk (ESSR) ensures the safety of research at the University by aiding researchers in assessing and planning for hazards and risks, implementing controls for safety, and completing safety training. Researchers working with chemical or biological materials, radiation, environmental hazards, fire, boats, and researchers with specialized laboratory requirements should contact ESSR to prepare for research needs.
Library Media Services supports access to and the creation of audio/visual media as data and information. In the world of knowledge, media helps define our collective desire to experience subjects across the disciplines, especially those where seeing and hearing are the primary elements of understanding. The services are: general and research audiovisual collections, media-centric learning and teaching spaces, multimedia production facilities, and staff who will be continuously trained to assist users seeking to fully understand and use this multimedia world of information.
As a State institution, Maryland is obliged to abide by additional state and university regulations related to the compensation and incentivization of human research participants. The procedures outlined here are intended to guide faculty and staff through this challenging process.
Researchers can use OACS as a resource in determing technology needs for a proposal, including physical tech needs, and use of the BSWIFT high-performance computing cluster.
The University of Maryland Libraries' GIS and Spatial Data Center's mission is to support all GIS users affiliated with the College Park campus. You can work with us in the following ways: Consult with geospatial experts to learn more about adding GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics into your research. Partner with geospatial experts on grants, existing research, and classes. Research spatial relationships with expert support in our GIS lab featuring the latest GIS, image processing, statistics, data science, and data visualization software packages. Learn how to create, manipulate, analyze, interpret, and manage spatial data and how to find existing spatial data sources.
REDCap is a secure web application for building, managing, and deploying online surveys and databases. REDCap supports offline data collection and synchronization with the REDCap Mobile App, longitudinal and multi-arm studies, secure data storage, project level logging, and customizable user roles and data access groups. Contact us to determine if REDCap can support your project.
The Center for Sports Medicine, Health and Human Performance will capitalize on the university's strengths in science, engineering, public health and medicine for an interdisciplinary approach to sports medicine and occupational health. Here, experts in neuroscience, imaging technology, bioengineering, kinesiology, orthopedics and other disciplines will advance the discovery of innovative diagnostics and treatments for our elite athletes as well as the larger community.
The Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI) brings together faculty in cross-disciplinary collaborations to create new innovative and interdisciplinary research focused on creating a strong research community at the interconnection between neuroscience, cognitive science, and engineering.
The IACUC reviews the use of animals in research, testing and teaching to ensure the humane and ethical use of animals, and compliance with federal laws and their associated regulations, policies and guidelines.Researchers must have IACUC approval to conduct research that involves vertebrate animals.