Deadline: April 1, 2026
INFO SESSION: Wednesday, March 11, 11AM – noon, register for Zoom
The Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) invite applications from full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty members, non-tenure track faculty, Lecturers, and Senior Lecturers in CAHSS at UMBC for the CIRCA-IMET Artist-in-Residence Fellowship July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027.
The award is intended to support and promote significant collaborative research in the Arts between faculty at IMET and UMBC. Applications are welcome from any full-time CAHSS faculty doing creative activity and/or research in the Arts. The awardee will receive a release from teaching one course in either the Fall or Spring semester (with permission of the Chairperson) and a research stipend of $3000 in order to conceive, establish, or accelerate a substantial project that engages IMET scientists and ventures. In addition, IMET commits up to $3000 towards supplies and materials to support the project. IMET will provide office space for the awardee during their visits to IMET and will work with the awardee to provide opportunities to engage with a wide range of scientists and to present work and have discussions with IMET stakeholders, including faculty, students, and start-up companies in the IMET Harbor Launch business incubator.
Awardees are required to present evidence of work resulting from residency through a public presentation and some form of community engagement. Examples include: lead a public workshop based around work, give a public talk about AiR work, mount an exhibition of the AiR work, give a performance of the AiR work, foster public participation in project, etc. The new awardee will be introduced at the IMET faculty meeting in July 2026 and will be invited to attend the annual IMET picnic in August 2026. Towards the conclusion of the residency, the awardee will also participate in the May 2027 IMET Open House, held on Saturday, May 1, 2027.
Previous CIRCA-IMET AIR awardees may re-apply three years or longer after receiving an initial award with a proposal for a completely new project with a new partner. Successful awardees who want to continue existing collaborations beyond the term of their award should seek other sources of funding. In exceptional cases, only if no competitive applications are received for new awards, previous CIRCA-IMET AIR awardees may be considered for a second term of support for a previously funded project, three years or longer after an initial award.
Learn about previous CIRCA-IMET Fellowship Artists