A NOAA & University System of Maryland partnership
A bridge between Bay science
and the people who depend on it.
Maryland Sea Grant funds research, trains scientists, and turns Chesapeake science into things people can use. Start with a question.
Find your way in
However you come to the Bay, start here.
I'm doing research
Search funded projects, find principal investigators, and see what's been studied on the Bay since 1977.
Research database →I'm a student or fellow
Knauss policy fellowships, graduate research support, and the REU summer program, plus our fellows archive.
Fellowships & funding →I need a publication
Reports, fact sheets, books, and the Headwaters newsletter, searchable and free to download.
Publications archive →I work the water or manage it
Seafood safety, aquaculture, fisheries, and extension, science you can put to work on the water.
Topics & extension →I'm curious about the Bay
Chesapeake Quarterly tells the stories, oysters, grasses, catfish, and the people of the estuary.
Read the magazine →I'm with the press
News releases, our communications office, and a contact for journalists covering Bay science.
Newsroom →Chesapeake Quarterly
The magazine of Bay science, people, and place.
Featured story · scroll-through
The Shallows That Shape the Chesapeake
By Ashley Goetz
The Susquehanna Flats are home to the Bay's largest expanse of submerged grasses, a vital habitat for wildlife, water quality, and generations of waterfowl hunters. A story of loss after Tropical Storm Agnes, and decades of recovery.
Read the storyPublications archive
Every report, free to find and download.
Search a public library of our reports, books, fact sheets, and newsletters, modeled on the searchable archive Maryland Sea Grant asked for.
Research in action
Funding Bay science since 1977.
Latest from the Bay
News & field notes.
The MDSG Bookstore
Books & field guides from the Bay.
From Grace Brush's Decoding the Deep Sediments to Come High Water, our titles bring Bay science home. Secure checkout, Maryland-made.
Visit the bookstore