Community
The Discovery District’s location enables tenants to physically and programmatically link to university researchers, students and staff, as well as with federal laboratories and private sector companies. We are proud to have a diverse number of companies and organizations that call the Discovery District home. The Discovery District is currently home to more than 60 organizations, in various industries, including:
Aerospace / Arts & Culture / Coworking Space / Earth and Environmental Sciences / Food Safety and Agriculture Policy / Hospitality & Dining / Language and National Security / Nonprofit Organizations and Research Centers / Technology
Aerospace
Aerothreads
Airgility
Avellan Space Technology & Science (AST)
Newton Engineering
Arts & Culture
Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
Capitol Percussion + Backline Rentals
Coworking space
WeWork
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
The University of Maryland/Pacific Northwest National Lab Joint Global Change Research Institute
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NOAA)
Food Safety and Agriculture Policy
Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
UMD/FDA Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Hospitality & Dining
Bagels 'n Grinds
Café Atrio
Conferences & Visitor Services
GrillMarX
The Hall CP
The Hotel at the University of Maryland
Potomac Pizza
Language and National Security
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security
Catalyst Campus
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)
Raytheon
Nonprofit Organizations and Research Centers
American Center for Physics
College Park Academy
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
Do Good Accelerator
Maryland Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Maryland Small Business Development Center (MSBDC)
Mid-Atlantic Veterans Business Outreach Center
Sea Grant Maryland
UM Ventures College Park
Technology
Adobe
AGED Diagnostics
Alion Science & Technology
Blue Voyant
Capitol One Tech Incubator
Cybrary
Fraunhofer USA Center for Experimental Software Engineering
Freedom Forever
IIC Technologies Inc.
Immuta
Loccioni USA
Mixed/Augmented/Virtual Reality Innovation Center (MAVRIC)
Medcura
Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX)
National Quantum Lab (Q-Lab)
Optimal Solutions Group
Quantum Catalyzer
Quantum Startup Foundry
Startup UMD
VisiSonics