“Chesapeake Global Collaboratory” connotes a combined regional and global focus as UMCES faculty, staff, and students apply science locally and throughout the world and highlights the unique collaborative research environment created at UMCES. As conceived by UMCES faculty and administration, the Chesapeake Global Collaboratory will encompass data science, research computing, education, and the Chesapeake Analytics Cooperative Building and will align diverse voices, employ innovative tools, and develop novel approaches to accelerate solutions to critical socio-environmental problems. Extending the “Think Tank” concept, it will be a “Think and Do” center of excellence for environmental research and its application.