Awards and Funding Opportunities

The Kirwan Center will award up to 10 Elkins SoTL Fellowships of $1,000 each for 2025-2026 (May 1, 2025-June 30, 2026) to support faculty-led research on teaching and learning. These fellowships support the systematic investigation of student learning, instruction, and teaching innovations, with the goal of contributing to our broader understanding of effective educational practices.

Key Details:

• Open to USM faculty of any rank or appointment
• Faculty must serve as principal investigator (PI); staff may serve as co-PI
• Projects should focus on improving student success through evidence-based course design and instructional decisions
• Fellowship period: May 1, 2025-June 30, 2026
• Application deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025

Former University of Maryland President William E. Kirwan and Patricia Kirwan have established a fund to support two annual Prizes. The Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize recognizes a faculty member for a highly significant work of research, scholarship, or artistic creativity completed in the recent past. The prize can be awarded for a publication, an invention, a performance, or any other activity within the faculty member's academic discipline. All current full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty are eligible. The prize carries an honorarium of $5000 and is awarded at the Fall Convocation. Apply here. Please direct questions about the award to Hana Kabashi at 301-405-4178 in the Division of Research. 

Former University of Maryland President William E. Kirwan and Patricia H. Kirwan have established a fund to support two annual prizes. The Kirwan Undergraduate Award recognizes faculty or staff who have made exceptional contributions to the quality of undergraduate education at the university. The prize carries an honorarium of $5000 and is awarded at the Campus Convocation each fall. Please direct questions about the award to Jackie Kautzer at 301-405-9354 in the Office of Undergraduate Studies.