The Johns Hopkins University

University System of Maryland

Smithsonian Institution

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Old Dominion University

Pennsylvania State University

• Assemble teams of scientists and engineers to work with public-policy specialists to design and undertake multidisciplinary projects.
• Suggest individuals or institutions appropriate for special research tasks.
• Provide access to scientists, excellent laboratories, experienced technicians, computer capabilities, and research vessels on a scale sufficiently large to address complex Bay or system-wide problems.
• Work with state, federal, and private agencies and institutions in joint approaches to solving specific problems of both local and national concern.
• Assist management agencies by producing new insights, assessing knowledge, conducting workshops and symposia, and contributing to educational programs.