The James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the Humanities supports and promotes research into the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of the human experience at UMBC, in the Baltimore-Washington region, and beyond.

We encourage intellectual exchange and cultivate interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship among UMBC faculty, staff, and students.
We nurture a generation of humanities thinkers for the future.
We build partnerships that engage communities in addressing issues of equity, inclusion, and justice with the tools of the humanities
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Applications for Summer 2026 Fellowships are LIVE!

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Applications for our Summer 2026 Fellowships are now available on our website. The deadline for both is February 16, 2026. Summer 2026 Fellowships for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty are...

Posted: December 10, 2025, 12:27 PM

Current Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences (Winter 2026)

Click here for current external funding opportunities for Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences, with deadlines in January through March 2026. Faculty seeking external funding for research...

Posted: December 8, 2025, 11:26 AM