The Global Asias Initiative at UMBC is now offering the fourth and final round of its student research fellowship in Global Asias in the amount of $500. We’re currently accepting applications for interns in Spring 2026. Applications are due October 12, 2025.
This spring, the format for the fellowship will be a 3-credit undergraduate internship with Asian Studies or American Studies. The intern will be working with the Howard County Historical Society (HCHS) to support increasing their archival material on the Asian American Community.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
- Review the full position description and requirements
- Reach out to either Tamara Bhalla (American Studies – tbhalla@umbc.edu) or Professor Fan Yang (Asian Studies – fanyang@umbc.edu) to ask them to serve as your Faculty Supervisor should you be selected for the internship
- By 11:59pm on October 12, 2025: Submit responses to the following questions to Dr. Tamara Bhalla (tbhalla@umbc.edu) and Priya Bhayana (priyab@umbc.edu). Please keep your total response to 250 words maximum.
- 1) What interests you about this position?
- 2) Please describe your prior experience with gathering archival material, if any (experience is not required). If you don’t have direct professional experience in this area, please describe what skills you have that you would bring to this position.
- 3) Please describe your prior experience with community outreach, if any (experience is not required). If you don’t have direct professional experience in this area, please describe what skills you have that you would bring to this position.
TIMELINE:
Deadline for Application: Sun, Oct 12 2025 by 11:59pm
Applicants Notified of Decision: Wed, October 22, 2025
Spring 2026 Course Registration Opens: October 27, 2025
STIPEND DISBURSEMENT:
Payment will be distributed to the student as a stipend in two $250 amounts at the beginning and the end of the semester.
- If selected, students will have to complete a short onboarding process
- If students are not already employed by system, they will also have to fill out an I-9
CONTACT INFO:
Please reach out to both Dr. Tamara Bhalla at tbhalla@umbc.edu and Priya Bhayana at priyab@umbc.edu with any questions.