University Honors Student Fellow Grant

ANNUAL DEADLINES: January 15 and May 30

Students who complete Vantage Point are eligible to become UH Student Fellows by submitting their project proposal for seed funding. Student Fellows must be enrolled as students at the University of Maryland during the 1-year term of the award.

What is a UH Student Fellow?

Student Fellows are thought leaders who have demonstrated the energy and drive to follow through on their ideas. They excelled and promoted collaboration in Vantage Point and now seek to realize their project proposal in community with other fellows. Above all, UH looks to its Student Fellows as models of how to find your passion, make the most of your insight, and inspire the next generation.

Eligibility and Requirements

The UH Student Fellow Grant is open to students who have successfully completed Vantage Point (VP) and are still enrolled as students at the University of Maryland during the 1-year term of the award. The successful applicant will have demonstrated:

consistently good citizenship practices in Vantage Point, including within the working group setting,
clear interest in and capacity for the independent work necessary to continue their VP project, and
a compelling idea for how to realize their project.

Benefits

Student recipients of the UH Student Fellow Grant:

become a Student Fellow for the term of the grant period
see their work featured in UH public communications and/or media
serve as thought leaders in the program

Annual Deadlines

January 15 and May 30

Terms & Expectations

Grants will be distributed in three categories: academic, design, and service.
Grants are $500
Eligible expenses include materials necessary to their work; lab, maker space access (e.g., recording studio fees, self-publishing costs); and workshop or conference fees.*
Funding will be available at the time of award and distributed in two payments, one at the beginning and one at the end of the Fellowship activity, which cannot exceed 1 year.
Student Fellows commit to attending: (a) 2 scaffolding meetings with staff, (b) the Future Fair or another UH event, (c) the End-of-year UH celebration.

* NOTE: grant funds cannot be used

to pay tuition;
to purchase food, alcohol, or drugs;
to hire somebody (e.g., a website developer); or
for gifts, entertainment, or subscriptions.

How to Apply

Simply submit this brief application form. Please fill out the questions and upload your Vantage Point final deliverable (proposal or proof of concept). Please contact Dr. Ingrid Satelmajer with any questions.

Previous UH Student Fellows

May 2024
Adam Didouchevski
Miele Murray
Oriel Ockerman
Kavi Patel
Alex Pertea

January 2024
Kayla Hartman
Avery Moe