Applications for the Nebula Research Data Fellowship for the Fall 2026 semester will open at 9 am on March 23, 2026 and close on April 17, 2026. 

This is a paid fellowship opportunity for engineering undergraduate students. The program will run in the Fall of 2026, from 09/08/2026 to 12/04/2026. 

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Fellowship Requirements:

• Be a UMD engineering undergraduate student or a new transfer student accepted into an engineering program with an anticipated graduation date of 2028 or sooner.

• Have the ability to work flexible hours/location on campus.

• Meet weekly with a graduate student/postdoc research mentor for progress review of your research project.

• Give a presentation at the closing meeting of the Nebula program.

• Students must apply each semester for consideration, even if they have applied previously.

• Applications will only be accepted through a google form (published on March 23, 2026).

• Application materials to be prepared ahead of time include: 

(1) Your prior data analysis and/or research experience (< 250 words);

(2) A list of the programming and/or data analysis tools that you have used previously and how experienced you would rate yourself (e.g., MATLAB, Python, R, Stata);

(3) A single paragraph describing your expectations for this program;

(4) Your resume.

Questions? Contact Alex Brozena (abrozena@umd.edu)