The University of Maryland, Baltimore’s graduate school innovation hub is relocating on campus, but the building where it’s based will still be a hub for startups and the community, university leaders said.

The Grid, short for Graduate Research Innovation District, will be moving from the Lion Brothers Building in the University of Maryland BioPark to UMB’s Health Sciences and Human Services Library at 601 W. Lombard St., effective Sept. 15, said Faculty Executive Director Dr. Jenny Owens.

Owens said the move represents the Grid “combining powers with another innovative partner.” The library, which is centrally located on campus near the student center and gym, has an Innovation Space of its own that can provide access to 3D printers and AR/VR tools. It also has plans to house the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services in 2021, and is right across the street from University of Maryland Medical Center. Through a partnership that will also include UM Ventures, the move is also designed to create a central point for education on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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