Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder of the following internal funding programs with deadlines early in the coming year:
Sherman Center Faculty Research Award
UMBC Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START)
UMBC Summer Research Faculty Fellowship (SURFF)
- Supports research about policies and practices that enhance the learning of young children, ages three through eight, in urban communities like Baltimore.
- Award Size: $50,000 for 12-24 month awards; $100,000 for 25-36 month awards
- Due January 24, 2020
- Contact msanders@umbc.edu with any questions
- Supports members of the UMBC faculty wishing to advance their scholarly and research endeavors in order to compete more effectively for external support and to pursue new areas of inquiry.
- Award Size: up to $25,000
- Due Friday, February 14, 2020 at 11:59pm
- Contact donengel@umbc.edu with any questions
- Supports non-tenured, tenure-track members of the UMBC faculty pursuing research and scholarly projects during the summer, including projects in all departments.
- Award Size: up to $6,000
- Due Friday, February 21, 2020 at 11:59pm
- Contact donengel@umbc.edu with any questions
Sincerely,
—
Don Engel, Ph.D., PMP
Assistant Vice President for Research
Interim Director of the Center for Space Sciences and Technology (CSST)
Director of the Assistive Visualization and Artificial Intelligence Lab (AVAIL)
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Physics, CSEE, and the IRC
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, ITE 220
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
donengel@umbc.edu, (410) 455-2837