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.
Applications 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 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.
The Dresher Center uses the National Endowment for the Humanities’ definition of the humanities: “The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”
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.