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Arts for All Graduate Fellowship Cohort 2025–26

Arts for All is pleased to announce expanded opportunities to apply for the 2025-2026 Arts for All Graduate Student Fellowships. This graduate student cohort will support the development and advancement of each fellow’s arts-based research. 

Arts for All is especially interested in supporting publicly-engaged research activities. With an expansive understanding of “publicly-engaged research,” research may include, but is not limited to, the following: 

  • Interdisciplinary collaboration (on or off-campus) in which the arts are a central partner.
  • Work that engages the arts with local communities or institutions.
  • Activities that engage the arts to understand, document or explore social justice issues.
  • Activities that engage the arts to understand and explore grand challenges.
  • Activities that explore the intersection of arts and technology.
  • The development of new courses that do any of the above.

Arts for All Fellows and their research activities will be featured on the Arts for All website, social media channels and additional marketing and communications publications. Fellows will be expected to include Arts for All in their bios, CVs, email signatures and other official internal and external documents. From time-to-time, fellows will be asked to represent Arts for All as the initiative evolves and continues its expansion. Starting in the fall semester 2025, fellows will meet as a cohort at least once a semester to share their research and explore how Arts for All and members of the cohort can best support each fellow’s research. Attendance at all meetings is required. Fellowships will conclude after a year, and fellows will be required to share out the research made possible with their fellowship.

Learn about our 2024-25 Graduate Student Fellows!

2025–26 Graduate Student Fellowship Cohort

Open to University of Maryland (College Park) graduate students currently enrolled in a degree seeking program and enrolled in the 2025-2026 academic year.

Funds will be transferred to and administered by the fellow's home department. Funds are to be used within one year of the fellowship award.

Graduate Student Fellows will receive $2,500.

For Graduate Student Fellows, allowable expenses include programming and research expenses, conference fees, supplies, rentals, travel, software and equipment related to the research.  Unallowable expenses include food, alcohol and summer salary. 

All Graduate Student Fellow proposals must identify an eligible faculty PI. Funding cannot be transferred directly to students or general departmental accounts, so student program applications must identify a confirmed faculty mentor who will serve as a PI. Eligible PIs include any full-time member of UMD’s tenure-track, professional-track or librarian faculty, including adjunct or visiting researchers who have been authorized by their home department to serve as PI on external awards.

All University of Maryland (College Park) graduate students who are currently enrolled in a degree seeking program and will be enrolled in the 2025-2026 academic year are eligible to apply.  Applicants may apply to both ArtsAMPlification Grants (one per project) and Arts for All Fellowships, and should adhere to the application guidelines for each funding opportunity.

  • Application materials are due Thursday, September 25, 2025 by 5PM.
  • Notifications will be made in mid-October 2025.
  • The first Graduate Student Fellow cohort meeting will be in the fall semester.

Please complete the Graduate Student Fellowship Inaugural Cohort Application and submit these following materials in PDF format:

  1. Current CV

  2. A brief letter on official letterhead from an eligible faculty PI (see funding guidelines) stating their agreement to serve as PI for the funding

  3. Summary of proposed research activities (3 page maximum) addressing:

    1. How the research connects to the Arts for All mission

    2. How the research will positively impact the recipient’s career trajectory

    3. How the arts are central to the research activities

    4. If the research is outside traditional arts disciplines, how arts expertise will be included in the proposed research activities

    5. If the research is interdisciplinary, detail the departments, colleges, and faculty involved and any previous collaborations with these areas

    6. How the research will impact the community (on and off-campus)

  4. Applications will be evaluated with these criteria:

    1. The potential impact of the proposed research activities, both at UMD and beyond

    2. How the arts are central to the proposed research

    3. How the proposed activities expand our understanding of and investment in publicly-engaged research

    4. How the proposed research activities connect to the Arts for All mission

    5. How the proposed research can positively impact the recipient’s career trajectory

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