Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowship Inaugural Cohort
About Arts for All
Arts for All is a campus-wide, Presidential initiative and our commitment to developing and further enhancing The University of Maryland’s arts ecosystem. It bolsters a culture of creativity and innovation, making UMD a national leader in leveraging the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to collaboratively address grand challenges. It actively raises the visibility of the arts disciplines, expands access and engagement with arts programming, cultivates innovative partnerships with science and technology disciplines throughout campus and builds community connections that utilize the arts to promote equity and justice.
About Arts for All Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowships
As a part of these goals, Arts For All invites applications for the 2024-2025 Arts for All Fellowships. The inaugural cohort will include five (5) Faculty Fellows and six (6) Graduate Student Fellows and 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 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. At the conclusion of the fellowship period (spring 2025), fellows will be required to submit a final report detailing the research made possible with the fellowship.
Starting in May 2024, 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. Fellowships will conclude at the end of the spring 2025 semester.
Faculty Fellowship Inaugural Cohort
Open to University of Maryland (College Park) TTK and PTK faculty with at least a 50% FTE appointment.
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.
Faculty Fellows will receive $10,000.
For Faculty Fellows, allowable expenses include programming and research expenses, conference fees, supplies, rentals, travel, software, equipment related to the research and summer salary. Unallowable expenses include food and alcohol. Please note, if summer salary is elected, fringe benefits will be assessed and will be included in the total amount of the award.
All University of Maryland (College Park) TTK and PTK faculty with at least a 50% FTE appointment are eligible to apply. Applicants may apply to both ArtsAMPlification Grants (projects can be proposed for only one ArtsAMP funding opportunity) and Arts for All Fellowships, and should adhere to the application guidelines for each funding opportunity.
- Application Materials are due Monday, April 22, 2024 by 5PM.
- Notifications will be made by May 1, 2024.
- The first Faculty and Graduate Student Fellow cohort meetings will be in May.
Please complete the Faculty Fellowship Inaugural Cohort Application and submit these following materials in PDF format:
- Current CV
- Summary of proposed research activities (3 page maximum) addressing:
- How the research connects to the Arts for All mission
- How the research will positively impact the recipient’s career trajectory
- How the arts are central to the research activities
- If the research is outside traditional arts disciplines, how arts expertise will be included in the proposed research activities
- If the research is interdisciplinary, detail the departments, colleges, and faculty involved and any previous collaborations with these areas
- How the research will impact the community (on and off-campus)
Applications will be evaluated with these criteria:
- The potential impact of the proposed research activities, both at UMD and beyond
- How the arts are central to the proposed research
- How the proposed activities expand our understanding of and investment in publicly-engaged research
- How the proposed research activities connect to the Arts for All mission
- How the proposed research can positively impact the recipient’s career trajectory
Graduate Student Fellowship Inaugural Cohort
Open to University of Maryland (College Park) graduate students currently enrolled in a degree seeking program and will be enrolled in the 2024-2025 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 2024-2025 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 Monday, April 22, 2024 by 5PM.
- Notifications will be made by May 1, 2024.
- The first Faculty and Graduate Student Fellow cohort meetings will be in May.
Please complete the Graduate Student Fellowship Inaugural Cohort Application and submit these following materials in PDF format:
- Current CV
- Summary of proposed research activities (3 page maximum) addressing:
- How the research connects to the Arts for All mission
- How the research will positively impact the recipient’s career trajectory
- How the arts are central to the research activities
- If the research is outside traditional arts disciplines, how arts expertise will be included in the proposed research activities
- If the research is interdisciplinary, detail the departments, colleges, and faculty involved and any previous collaborations with these areas
- How the research will impact the community (on and off-campus)
- A brief letter on official letterhead from an eligible faculty PI (see funding guidelines) stating their agreement to serve as PI for the funding
Applications will be evaluated with these criteria:
- The potential impact of the proposed research activities, both at UMD and beyond
- How the arts are central to the proposed research
- How the proposed activities expand our understanding of and investment in publicly-engaged research
- How the proposed research activities connect to the Arts for All mission
- How the proposed research can positively impact the recipient’s career trajectory