University of Maryland Innovation Gateway

Areas of Impact

• Economic Impact Committee
  

  Economic Impact Committee

  UMD is recognized as a national leader in innovation and entrepreneurship, and once again earned a top-10 spot in The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s annual ranking of the best schools for student entrepreneurship and receiving the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) 2025 Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) Innovation Award. Together, these honors underscore UMD’s broad impact in cultivating entrepreneurial talent and driving innovation across disciplines and throughout the state. UMD is home to a vibrant, growing, and inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem thanks in part to the Economic Impact Committee (EIC).

• Office of Innovation
  

  Office of Innovation

  The University of Maryland has established a vibrant campus ecosystem that nurtures and supports innovation and entrepreneurship, which has been consistently recognized for its excellence. The Innovation Gateway is curated by the Office of Innovation, which is lead by the Chief Innovation Officer and Associate Vice President for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in the Division of Research, whose role and team helps students and faculty develop their entrepreneurial mindsets to pursue their innovative ideas and inventions, and helps launch and scale startups and social ventures that spur inclusive economic development and impact. 

• Founder Resources
  

  Founder Resources

  No matter your affiliation with UMD - student, faculty, staff, alumni, community founder, investor - UMD's robust I&E ecosystem continues to evolve to meet your needs along your innovation journey. The Innovation Gateway continues to add and populate even more curated resources segment by stakeholders and sectors within the Founder Resources page.

• Innovation Inspiration
  

  Innovation Inspiration

  If you are seeking inspiration for activating your own problem solving skills, read about these UMD founders and check out this page prominent UMD Innovators. 

  And make sure to stop by the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship where you will engage your design thinking skills and build your capacity as a change maker and creative problem solver.

• I&E News
  

  I&E News

  Read news and stories about the many activities, events, initiatives, programs, and innovators related to UMD's I&E ecosystem.