About NICCEE
The Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE, pronounced “nice-ee”) is a transdisciplinary and transnational network spearheaded by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) with key partners in the US (New York University and University of Massachusetts Amherst), Canada (University of Guelph), the UK (Rothamsted Research), Morocco (UM6P),and beyond.
Our Mission
To enable and accelerate socioeconomic and technological innovation for sustainable and climate-smart N management with use-inspired and data-driven approaches
Initial focus: respond to the opportunities and challenges of renewable-based nitrogen technologies (i.e., green ammonia) to provide clean energy and support food production while mitigating climate change.
About Us
NICCEE is a working to support sustainable nitrogen management across the globe. The NICCEE global center is jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF Global Centers), U.K. Research and Innovation and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. NICCEE involves more than 25 partners across eight countries, making connections across academia, NGOs, international organizations, government agencies and private companies.
Our Vision
NICCEE will serve as an information hub with state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure to monitor the lifecycle and effects of nitrogen in agriculture-food-energy systems, an innovation platform to facilitate the co-development of technological and socioeconomic solutions with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, and an education center to nurture the next generation of scientists and innovators championing sustainable and climate-smart nitrogen management. NICCEE will establish itself as a global leader and knowledge source on the impact of renewable-based nitrogen technologies on nitrogen flows in agriculture and energy economies.
NICCEE's collaborator organizations include:
in alphabetical order
African Plant Nutrition Institute
Agribusiness Council of Indiana
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ammonia Energy Association
Canola Council of Canada
China Agricultural University
Colorado State University
Delaware-Maryland 4R Alliance
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Environmental Protection Agency
Fertilizer Canada
FuelPositive
Harbor Launch at IMET
International Fertilizer Association (IFA)
McGill University
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
New York University
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rothamsted Research
The Mill
The Nature Conservancy
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO)
United States Geological Survey
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
University of Guelph
University of Manitoba
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Saskatchewan
We extend sincere appreciation to our sponsors:
U.S. National Science Foundation, U.K. Research and Innovation, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
