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Grant Services

The Maryland Center for Humanities Research offers a number of resources and services to support faculty in seeking and writing proposals for grants and sponsored awards. Our team can help faculty develop grant proposals and fellowships by: 

  • Performing prospect research, such as identifying potential funders for projects, research, and fellowships.

  • Offering editing, proofreading, revisions, and other development for proposal narratives in all draft stages.

  • Facilitating connections with other university collaborators.

  • Meeting with Principal Investigators (PIs) at the start of their grant preparation process to discuss internal routing procedures and timeline.

  • Working with PIs to reach out to sponsors to learn more about a specific opportunity.

  • Offering proposal development workshops.

  • Meeting with PIs to discuss the questions in the solicitation and how to approach and/or outline the narrative.

  • When required, working with the Dean and/or President to obtain approval/signature on necessary letters of support.

  • Additional services offered to PIs in collaboration with their departmental business officers include budget review and accuracy checks (initial budget should be created with your business manager). 

Reach out to us! If you are new to sponsored research or have a question about a call for proposals, please consult with your departmental business officer(s). If further guidance is needed, don’t hesitate to reach out. You can reach us at ARHUresearch@umd.edu.

 

**Register here for the ARHU Proposal Development Presentation Series, Fridays in September, and get ready to apply for funding during the 2023-2024 academic year!**

 

Frequently asked Grant Services Questions:

Q: How do I take advantage of the college of Arts and Humanities’ grant services? Where do I start?

A: If you’ve already identified a grant or fellowship that you are interested in submitting, please submit an ARHU Intent to Submit Form. This form ensures ARHU's Grant Services team can identify any potential challenges (including with University routing procedures) early, and guide you through the process. The bottom of the form allows you to indicate the kind of support you’re seeking. If you’re looking for support to find a grant opportunity that aligns with your work please reach out to Meghann Babo-Shroyer at mbabo@umd.edu. You can also review our, frequently updated, list of external grant and fellowship opportunity prospects here, our Fellowship database here, and an external grant calendar here

Q: How do I make a budget? I am new to grant budgeting and compliance, how can I find assistance?

A: Your business manager is your first and best resource for grant budget creation. Our team can consult with you and your business manager to answer questions and offer support. Your business manager can also work with you to route budget materials from Kuali Research for official university sign off by the Office of Research Administration. (Yes, that is required and takes time! Your grant must arrive at the Dean’s office no later than 8 days before it is due.) 

Q: I’m not interested in finding a grant opportunity, I’m looking for a fellowship for my book/research/sabbatical/scholarly or artistic project. Can you help me with that?

A: Yes! Please see our ARHU Fellowship Database. This internally curated Database, of over 100 opportunities, contains only fellowships related to at least one of our ARHU units. When you’ve made your selection please submit an Intent to Submit Form. We regularly update the contents of this database, using the responses in the faculty and staff Research Interest Form as a guide. Please complete this form so that we can better support you and your research/projects. 

Q: Does the Dean’s office have to edit/revise my proposal?

A: While we are eager to assist, you are not required to have your proposal edited by our Team. However, your budget must be approved by the Dean’s office before submission. Work with your business manager on budget-related processes. Start early! Any submission with a budget needs to be routed to the Dean’s office 8 business days prior to the deadline.

Q: I’ve heard UMD has internal grant opportunities, how do I find out about those?

A: Yes, we do!  We hope you’ll explore both the University-wide internal opportunities and ARHU internal opportunities

Q: I have a proposal idea but need to connect with faculty elsewhere on campus, can you help?

A: We can try! We are in regular communication with administrators doing our jobs for other Colleges. If you let us know the kind of research partners you're seeking, we may be able to connect you with the right co-PI. We can also help connect you with ARHU co-PIs.

Q: Who are the Center’s staff? 

A: We’re so glad you asked. You can see and read about Center Staff roles here