{"id":18309,"date":"2025-01-07T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/?page_id=18309"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:55:11","slug":"um-strategic-partnership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/um-strategic-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18309\" class=\"elementor elementor-18309\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f095aa3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f095aa3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76d7586\" data-id=\"76d7586\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50775a17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50775a17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: <\/strong><\/strong><em><strong><strong>MPowering the State<\/strong><\/strong> <\/em>(<strong><em>MPower<\/em><\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 13px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: <em>MPowering the State <\/em>(<em>MPower<\/em>)<\/strong> is an innovative, structured collaboration between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umaryland.edu\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">University of Maryland, Baltimore<\/span> <\/strong>(<strong>UMB<\/strong>)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/umd.edu\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>University of Maryland, College Park <\/strong><\/span>(<strong>UMCP<\/strong>)<\/a>, two of the state\u2019s leading public research institutions.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2012, MPower strengthens and serves Maryland by advancing interdisciplinary research, fostering innovation, and addressing the state&#8217;s most critical challenges. The partnership leverages the world-class strengths of both universities to drive economic growth, enhance education, and create transformative impact across the state. Through collaboration, MPower delivers on its vision of innovation and impact for Maryland and its citizens.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 14px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18452\" style=\"width: 334px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Isolated MPower logo.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mpower_Mark_whitespace_10925.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Implementation of the Strategic Partnership Act of 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 17px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Act of 2016<\/strong>\u00a0strengthened and formalized the structured relationship between UMB and UMCP, enhancing the alliance that drives transformative impact at the two campuses, far surpassing what each institution could do independently of each other to advance education and research.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In addition to formalizing the structure, the law led to more alignment and coordination and created two new centers based at UMB and UMCP: the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/initiatives\/center-for-maryland-advanced-ventures-cmav\/\">Center for Maryland Advanced Ventures<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/initiatives\/the-um-center-for-economic-and-entrepreneurship-development-umceed\/\">University of Maryland Center for Economic and Entrepreneurship Development<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CMAV-UMCEED-FY2025-Combined-Reports.pdf\"><u>Download FY2025 Annual Reports here.<\/u><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 15px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) is an innovative, structured collaboration between the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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