The University of Georgia Marine Institute (UGAMI) is a nearshore ecological and geological research institute located on Sapelo Island off the coast of Georgia in the United States.
The Institute was created in 1953 as the Marine Biological Laboratory and led to the creation of the University of Georgia (UGA) Institute of Ecology in 1961 and the UGA School of Marine Programs in 1991. The Marine Institute is currently a part of the Marine Sciences department within UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
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