Applications for our Summer 2026 Fellowships are now available on our website. The deadline for both is February 16, 2026.
- Summer 2026 Fellowships for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty are available to full-time UMBC tenured or tenure-track faculty pursuing humanities research in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Up to three fellowships will be awarded.
- Summer 2026 Fellowships for Teaching Professors and Part-Time Faculty are available to all teaching professors and part-time faculty pursuing humanities research in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, whether employed full- or part-time. Part-Time faculty must be teaching at UMBC at the time of application with the expectation that they will also teach at UMBC in the academic semester or year following summer funding. Only one fellowship will be awarded.
Fellows will receive $6,000 to be paid in two increments. The funding can be used for summer research; the advancement of a book manuscript, a major article, or a project of similar stature; assistance in developing extramural funding applications; book proposals; and grant project applications.