Fellowship Application

Applications are open!

Apply for the Fall 2026 Nebula Fellowship using this google form.

Deadline is May 29, 2026 at midnight, EST. 

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 google form. 

• Application materials that can 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 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.

• Please see the Fellowship Guidelines page for more details about the program.

Fall 2026 Application Timeline:

Nebula Fellows will be selected and matched with research labs in the Clark School of Engineering according to the following process:

• Apply by May 29, 2026.

• 1st round interviews (5 minutes long) will take place in early June over video conference call. 

• Then hosting research labs will review applications and contact prospective candidates for 2nd round interviews to decide which applicants they would like to work with. Please be aware available fellowship positions are contingent on host labs who are volunteering access to their resources and time. 

• On June 26, the Associate Dean for Research Office will announce which candidates have been chosen by the host labs. Applicants may choose to accept this opportunity or decline, in which case the lab's next choice of applicant will be contacted.

• The fellowship will begin on September, 8 2026 and ends on December 8, 2026.

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

Follow the Nebula Fellowship on LinkedIn for updates on future opportunities.