The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

We’re creating a BSOS Undergraduate Fellows Program to ensure that talented students—regardless of financial means—can access paid research, mentorship and leadership experiences that will enhance their careers.

You can invest in the next generation of social scientists and changemakers who will tackle today’s most urgent challenges—equity, climate, justice, health and more—helping them to gain the skills and opportunities to become leaders.

Endowed professorships and chairs in BSOS are investments in people—world-class faculty whose teaching, research and leadership promote solutions to society’s greatest challenges. Your support helps us recruit and retain top scholars, launch bold interdisciplinary work and enrich the student experience, while creating a lasting legacy of excellence and impact at Maryland and beyond.

The Maryland Center for Neurodiversity will transform how our state supports people with ASD and ADHD—providing faster, low-cost clinical assessments for families, improving employment outcomes and training supportive professionals. Together, we can meet needs today, and build a national model for inclusion, research and lifelong support for neurodivergent people tomorrow.

The Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement is a cross-campus hub preparing students to be civic leaders, advancing research on urgent challenges like polarization and misinformation, and building partnerships that strengthen communities and democratic institutions. Philanthropy makes this possible—providing paid student fellowships, launching bold interdisciplinary research and ensuring Maryland leads nationally in civic renewal at a moment when our democracy needs it most.

The Endowed AI + Behavioral Science Faculty Cluster will position Maryland as a national leader at the intersection of technology, behavior and society. By funding endowed chairs and professorships, donors can help recruit world-class scholars who tackle urgent issues of fairness, ethics and governance in AI—while creating a lasting legacy of innovation, leadership and public impact.