Dear Colleagues,
UMBC Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START)
UMBC Summer Research Faculty Fellowship (SURFF)
The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce that we will again be able to offer the START seed funding program for the coming academic year. We appreciate your patience with the later-than-normal announcement and deadline, as we were waiting on more clarity on our financial situation under COVID.
As previously announced, the SURFF summer fellowship program solicitation is also open for this coming summer.
- Supports members of the UMBC faculty wishing to advance their scholarly, research and creative 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, March 19, 2021 at 11:59pm
- Contact donengel@umbc.edu with any questions
- Supports pre-tenure 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 19, 2021 at 11:59pm
- Contact donengel@umbc.edu with any questions