Honors Senior Thesis Summer Research Grants

Interested in writing a Senior Honors Thesis? The L&S Honors Program offers a Summer Research Grant to help you get an early start on your project. See below for details!

The Honors Senior Thesis Summer Research Grant enables students to undertake more demanding and extensive senior thesis research projects than might otherwise be possible. Besides recognition of an excellent thesis proposal, award recipients are provided an award of up to $3,000 to cover research-related expenses. These resources may enable students to travel to archives or research sites, or to initiate other research activities that require special funding.

Please attend one of the Senior Honors Thesis Information Sessions in the Washburn Observatory conference room to learn more about the grant and about the senior honors thesis in general. Attendance at one of the workshops is not required, but can help with the process. The workshops will be:

• Wednesday, February 10, 2016 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. (feel free to stay for Wednesday at Washburn after the info session)
• Thursday, February 11, 2016 from 12:20 – 1:20 p.m. 

If you cannot attend a workshop but would like additional information about the Summer Senior Honors Thesis Grant process, please email Matt Kohlstedt at matt.kohlstedt@wisc.edu to set up a separate meeting.
Review of applications and selection of Honors Senior Thesis Summer Research Grant recipients will be conducted by the L&S Honors Program Faculty Honors Committee.

Eligibility:

• Currently enrolled L&S Honors students (Honors in the Major, Honors in the Liberal Arts or Comprehensive Honors) who plan on graduating with the Honors in the Liberal Arts, Honors in the Major or the Comprehensive Honors degree in May of 2017 or earlier
• Minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average (GPA)
• Award winners may not register for summer courses that do not directly relate to their thesis research during the summer session without permission of the Director of the Honors Program – the intent of these awards is to enable students to focus on their honors senior thesis research over the summer.

 Criteria for Selection:

• Strength of academic record
• Progress toward the completion of the Honors in the Liberal Arts, Honors in the Major OR the Comprehensive Honors degree(s)
• Strength, rigor, and clarity of the proposal and of the senior thesis research project to be funded

Application Process:

• Log into https://scholarships.wisc.edu/ using your netid and select "match me"
• Select the summer senior honors thesis grant and add to "my applications"
• Complete the full application on-line including:
• Submission of one (1) letter of recommendation from the applicant’s Honors Senior Thesis Advisor in support of the application
• A proposal of your research project using the format specified in the application

Application Deadline: Submit through the scholarships.wisc.edu website by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Notification of award status will be e-mailed to applicants within four weeks of the application deadline.  Recipients of these awards must submit a copy of the completed thesis to the Honors Office where it will be bound and become part of the Honors thesis resource library. Awardees must also present at the Senior Honors Thesis Symposium in April 2017.

NOTE: Students may not receive an Honors Senior Thesis Summer Research Grant for their research if it has been or will be supported by another university undergraduate research grant (e.g. the Hilldale Undergraduate Fellowship, Hughes Grant, Trewartha Grant, etc.).