Partnerships

Lead Institution SESYNC is made possible through an award from the National Science Foundation to the University of Maryland.

Founding Partners

In addition to support from NSF, additional funding for the Center comes from the three founding partners in this program:

• University of Maryland
• University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
• Resources for the Future

The founding partners will host researchers engaged in activities at the SESYNC headquarters in Annapolis, MD and RFF's offices in Washington, D.C.

Collaborators

Collaborators central to the visioning and development of the center proposal include social scientists, educational scholars and computer and sustainability scientists from:

• University of Michigan
• University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS)
• Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Coppin State University
• Gallaudet University
• Michigan State University
• Washington State University-Vancouver
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig, Germany
• Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)

External Advisory Board (EAB)

The EAB broadly represents the needs and interests of the user community. These advisers include many of the world’s leading scholars in areas relevant to SESYNC’s mission. The EAB will have approximately 16-20 members to accommodate the anticipated workload, reflect the breadth of disciplines involved, and promote diversity with respect to race, gender, disability status, and ethnicity.