The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for a Residential Graduate Student Research Fellowship for Spring 2026. Funding is intended to support and promote promising research in the humanities by graduate students at UMBC. The fellowships are open to all UMBC doctoral and master's level students working on humanities-related research projects that will culminate in a dissertation, master's thesis, or capstone project.  Proposals will be reviewed by the Dresher Center Advisory Board, with decisions on Spring semester fellowships by mid-November.

Fellows will receive up to $3,000 ($1,500 can serve as a stipend while the other $1,500 should be used for research travel, materials, or other directly-related research expenses). They will present a session as part of the CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now series and attend the Humanities Forum and other Dresher Center events and workshops. The Dresher Center will allow fellows to work in Center office space, as available.

After the fellowship semester, fellows will submit a summary of the work accomplished during the semester, as well as a statement on the progress made toward the completion of their dissertation or thesis.

The application for Spring 2026 fellowships is due November 15. Submit proposals and research advisor letters of support to dreshercenter@umbc.edu.

For more information and guidelines, click HERE.