The Schaefer Center awards fellowships to a select group of graduate students at the University of Baltimore. Fellows receive full tuition remission and a stipend while attending graduate school on a full-time basis. Fellows also work half time at the center, where they are provided with the opportunity to hone their skills in real-world settings under the guidance of experienced researchers.

Fellows have a rewarding experience at the center; as active participants in the center’s applied research mission, they work side by side with faculty members in a dynamic setting that challenges and expands their academic, interpersonal and technological skills and abilities. The breadth of research projects ensures that fellows will be exposed to a variety of public sector leaders and the challenges they face.

Upon leaving the center, fellows are prepared to assume challenging positions in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Among our graduate fellow alumni are recipients of the prestigious Presidential Management Internship and the Maryland Governor’s Policy Fellowship. Many of our alumni have moved on to positions of responsibility in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the National Institute of Justice, the Maryland Department of Fiscal Services, the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Maryland Department of Planning and the Maryland Office of the Governor. Several fellows have gone on to Ph.D. programs and are now teaching in the public administration field.

Find out more about becoming a Schaefer Center Graduate Fellow