$1.5M state grant matches funding for Notre Dame of Maryland’s endowed chair

A new $1.5 million grant from the Maryland Department of Commerce announced Tuesday matches private funding for Notre Dame of Maryland University’s recently established endowed chair position in biology to advance groundbreaking research and scholarship. Named in honor of one of Notre Dame’s most distinguished alumnae, the Dr. Mary Kay Shartle Galotto ’64 Endowed Chair in the Biological Sciences, will provide additional support for a scientist to collaborate with NDMU undergraduate students and faculty on interdisciplinary research needed to solve complex global challenges. The position will also strengthen existing community partnerships and develop new ones to bolster the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region’s growing bioscience and health industry.