The Division of IT provides services, support and resources at the University of Maryland. For a full list of DIT services, visit the IT Service Catalog. 

Plan and comply

• Research Consultation appointments Research Consultation request form if you have questions about a service or wish to seek advice before using services in your proposals. 
• Include campus IT Services in your proposals.
  
  • The IT Facilities document may be useful as you are creating proposals or data management plans.
• Practice good research data cybersecurity and compliance behaviors.
  
  • Review the IT- 2 UMD Data Classification Standard for information about data risk categorization at University of Maryland.
  • Review Division of Research compliance materials for sponsor related data requirements and other campus research procedures. 
  • Complete a Research Technology Security Self-Assessment to ensure you are following campus best practices and protecting your work.
• Colocation - DIT's reliable and secure data center facilities for hardware colocation.
• Cyberinfrastructure Center - UMD's high-quality research computing space and colocation facility.

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Collect, store, and share

• Collect Data using the campus survey solution: Qualtrics.
• Store Data and Files in Box or Google Drive.
• Store Data and Files in Network Storage.
• Organize your research, and connect to data storage using the UMD OSF portal
  
  • Provided by the University Libraries and Division of Research, UMD is now an institutional partner of OSF - Open Science Framework - and researchers have access to a UMD OSF portal that simplifies access to and tracking of UMD research. Log in with your UMD credentials and access  research tools that increase the visibility of research efforts, enhance transparency, and accelerate discovery and reuse. OSF allows researchers to connect to storage services provided by DIT (UMD Box and Google Drive), and to access OSF Storage directly. OSF is approved for up to Moderate Risk data.

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Analyze and visualize

• Download Software from TERPware.
• Access Windows Virtual Desktops with preloaded software. 
• Use Adobe Creative Cloud for visualizations.
• High Performance Computing - learn how you can optimize your research for HPC, leveraging compute cycles for parallel codes and applications.  
• CUI Environment supports projects that involved restricted research. 
• Campus Visualization Partnership - visualization resources, partners, and projects at UMD.

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Resources

• eduroam
• Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX).
• For additional research related resources across campus, visit Integrated Research Resource on Campus.
• Data Management Planning
• DRUM - Digital Repository at University of Maryland.
• Find specific research guides provided on the UMD Libraries website.

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