• Hiring a research assistant in the Baltimore region or elsewhere;

• Purchasing necessary software or hardware upgrades;

• Purchasing research materials (e.g., books, photocopies, materials provided by archives, transcription services or interview devices);

• Small honoraria for external research partners; small faculty development funds for UMBC research partners;

• Travel (if and when the “non-essential” travel ban is lifted).
  

• A brief narrative statement (300 words max) describing your research, its humanities and social justice (if appropriate) focus, and its significance, your revised or re-adapted research goals, and how you will use the funding

• A short, summary budget

• A two-page CV

The Dresher Center for the Humanities stands in solidarity with members of our Black community and other communities suffering across the nation. We mourn and condemn the murder of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. We recognize the injustice of a system of mass incarceration rooted in white supremacy under which Black and Brown women and men, including queer and trans people, are unduly subject to violence. We rededicate ourselves at this time to calling out and taking action to oppose white supremacy and the powerful systems of racial injustice that remain at work in the United States, including in institutions of higher education. We will use our platform, programming, and voices to bring the tools of the humanities to work against racism and for social justice.

To start, we offer the following list of resources for work against anti-Black racism. While not definitive, it is our hope that this list provides articles, books, podcasts, films, and other media that will be stepping stones towards a wider conversation.

Anti-Black Racism Resources

Also, in partnership with the Center for Social Science Scholarship, we invite you to attend an online Faculty Drop-in Session on Friday June 12 at 10:00 A.M. to consider how can we use our roles as faculty, teachers, chairs/directors, or mentors to work towards racial justice, social change, civic action, community action, and pedagogical engagement. Registration and details are forthcoming.

In solidarity,

The Dresher Center for the Humanities

We welcome your submissions.

The following Dresher Center specific information is subject to change based on the rapidly developing public health response to COVID-19. We will update information as needed. For the most up-to-date information related to UMBC, please visit covid19.umbc.edu.

Dresher Center Hours of Operation

The Dresher Center will provide support and services remotely for the rest of the spring semester based on the 3/19 guidance from UMBC. The Dresher Center's offices, conference room, and student lounge will be closed until further notice.

Dresher Center Events/Programs

All Dresher Center programming and events for the rest of the spring semester are cancelled, postponed, or will be hosted in a virtual format. We will release more information on changes to our programming as we confirm it. Please continue to monitor our myUMBC page and your email accounts for information on upcoming virtual workshops, such as CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now and Fellows and Others. We will also post about virtual events on their specific myUMBC event page.

Dresher Center Resources

If you haven't already, follow us on social media for more regular communications and information. As always, you can find recordings of previous Humanities Forum events on our YouTube channel. You can also experience some of the Humanities Forum via live-tweets recorded on Thread Reader. We also offer short video interviews with featured Humanities Forum speakers in our Dresher Center Conversations.

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Grant Assistance

Rachel Brubaker, Assistant Director for Grants and Program Development (rbruba1@umbc.edu) is available to assist Humanities and Arts faculty who are seeking research funding support or preparing funding applications. Please visit the Grant and Research Funding Assistance page on the Dresher Center website for more information.

We have extended our deadline for the Residential Faculty and Graduate Student fellowships to Monday, April 13. Please visit our website for more information.

**EVENTS UPDATE**

Following USM and UMBC guidance related to COVID-19, all on-campus events are canceled through April 6.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for further announcements from the Dresher Center for the Humanities, as virtual options, postponements, and/or cancellations for individual events are made.

Currently, there are no suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, at UMBC. Please visit covid19.umbc.edu for more information.

Residential Faculty Research Fellows

Graduate Student Research Fellow

The Dresher Center for the Humanities and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites applications for Summer Faculty Research Fellowships (SFRF). Funding is intended to support and promote significant humanities research at UMBC. Proposals are welcome and will be considered from all full-time, tenured or tenure-track UMBC faculty pursuing humanities research in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Proposals will be reviewed by the Dresher Center Advisory Board.

Dresher Center Summer Faculty Research Fellows (individuals or groups) will receive $6,000 support for summer research and assistance in developing extramural funding applications, book proposals, and grant project applications. Funding may also be used for the completion of book manuscripts, major articles, or projects of a similar stature. Between one and three fellowships will be awarded.