The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in conjunction with the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), and the Vice President for Research, invites applications for two Residential Faculty Research Fellowships.
The application for Fall 2027 is due November 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm
Funding is intended to support and promote significant humanities research at UMBC. Proposals are welcome from all full-time tenured or tenure-track UMBC faculty as well as full-time professors of the practice pursuing humanities research in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Two fellowships are available.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Dresher Center Advisory Board.
Things to Note:
- Dresher Center Residential Research Fellows will reside at least two days day a week in the Dresher Center and receive a release from teaching (up to two course releases).
- Each Fellow will have the use of an office in the Dresher Center and will be awarded $800 to hire an undergraduate research assistant (junior or senior) for the semester.
- Fellows will conduct two research works-in-progress sessions during their semester in residence. The first will be a seminar where the fellow will share a piece of written work produced while in residence with an interdisciplinary group of faculty the fellow selects for discussion. The second will be a session for the CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now series on the work that has been accomplished during the semester.
- Fellows will also participate actively in Dresher Center programs during their term of residency, including attendance at fellows seminars and CURRENTS sessions, and at least two Humanities Forum events.
- A short report on fellowship activity will be due to the director within three months of completion of the fellowship.
- Residential faculty fellows will be considered fellows of the Dresher Center for as long as they are on the faculty of UMBC.
- After their semester in residence, they will be invited to serve a two-year term on the Dresher Center Advisory Board and remain active participants in Dresher Center programs.
Please submit any questions to dreshercenter@umbc.edu.