Fellowship and Grant Writing Support

The Center for Writing and Oral Communication provides support for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars seeking funding from both external sources (grants and fellowships) and those applying for University of Maryland based fellowships and funding opportunities. 

Career Resources for Terps

Handshake includes several online tools and resources. These can be found by clicking "Career Center" on the left-side panel and then "Resources." The list of resources are listed as "10 Exclusive Career Resources for UMD Students." 

Semester Dissertation Fellows

The Semester Dissertastion Fellowships (Wylie Fellowship, Lee Thornton Fellowship and McNair Final year Fellowship) are full-time fellowships and provide full support for one semester (a $15,000 stipend, a credit for mandatory fees, tuition remission for 899, and up to $1,500 reimbursement for health insurance.) The goal of the Semester Dissertation Fellowship is to provide students with time during the semester in order to fully focus on writing. Therefore, Dissertation Fellows cannot hold a GAship during the fellowship semester. 

International PhD Career Readiness Series (June. 2024)

The International PhD Career Readiness Series is intentionally designed to focus on providing strategies of career preparation for international PhD candidates and Postdocs in the United States, including best practices on navigating PhD career landscape and U.S. workplace culture, job search process, and how to prepare for the immigration portfolio.

2024 Doctoral Career Pathways Conference

How to Generate a Degree Audit Using u.achieve

Need a refresher on how to generate a degree audit using the u.achieve tool?

We offer these resources that can help: 

• Short videos on how to enter a course exception and non-course exception and

Archived Deadlines

A2i Consulting BootCamp (Mar. 2024)

This immersive bootcamp-style program will help graduate students and postdocs gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to land a job not only in consulting but also within “industry” more broadly.