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What was your best honors class experience? Did you have an honors professor who inspired you or changed the way you view the world? Want to thank an honors faculty member for his/her dedication to teaching honors students?  Nominate a faculty member for the 2019 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. The award is given to a faculty member who had done outstanding work to teach and work with honors students.  If you had classmates who were also impacted positively by working with this faculty member, consider encouraging them to submit a nomination as well. If the faculty member you nominate is selected for the award, you will both be invited to attend an awards ceremony on May 3, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. at Washburn Observatory. Awardees will be notified by April 26.  Nominate today! The nomination form will be open through Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 11:59 p.m .  (We are looking for nominees who haven 't previously rec eived th e award. Check this l...

Bromley Research Conference Travel Grants are awarded based on a competitive application process to eligible L&S Honors students for presentation and/or attendance at regional or national professional conferences.   Review of applications and selection of Bromley Research Conference Travel Grant recipients will be conducted by the L&S Faculty Honors Committee. - Grants awarded for presentation at regional or national conferences provide up to $500 to the recipients. - Grants awarded solely for attendance at regional or national conferences provide up to $250 to the recipients. Priority for awards is given to applications requesting support for presentation at professional conferences. Eligibility : Currently enrolled L&S Honors Student (HLA, HM, or Comprehensive Honors) Minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average (GPA) Progress toward the completion of the L&S Honors in the Liberal Arts, Honors in the Major, OR Comprehe...

The College of Letters and Science is offering scholarships this spring!  Visit scholarships.wisc.edu   or the Scholarships@UW-Madison widget on your MyUW to view all scholarships which you are eligible for!  Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Award for $1,000: Deadline March 15, 2016  This award for leadership, service and scholarship recognizes students who have made outstanding leadership and service contributions to the University and/or the surrounding communities while maintaining a record of academic excellence. Requires essay, 2 recommendations, and resume.   Charles Manthey Winter and Richard Ralph Winter Phoenix Rising Humanitarian Scholarship, for $1,000: Deadline March 4, 2016  This award rewards humanitarian achievement and service, encourages excellence and commitment in the application of humanitarian ideals, and affirms the moral obligation to provide for human welfare. Requires essay, 2 recommendations, and record of activities, ac...

Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) are fellowships funded by the U.S. Department of Education intended to aid students in learning a foreign language. The competiton is now open. Students are invited to submit applications for Summer 2016 and Academic Year 2016-2017 fellowships and awards.  Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Applications by students in professional fields are encouraged. Preference will be given to applicants with a high level of academic ability and previous language training.  The application deadline is February 15, 2016.  Note: Undergraduate students can not apply for a FLAS fellowship to support beginnning language acquisition and must have completed at least one year of the language they are applying for by the time of the award.  For a full list of languages supported by FLAS, further details of eligibility, Frequently asked questions, and the online application please visit: http...

Do you enjoy writing? Are you looking for scholarships for next school year? Enter the UW System Liberal Arts Essay Competition! This year's competition focuses on the purpose of higher education. Students in the competition are to write a letter to the editor of their hometown paper that stakes out and defends a certain position. (Please see link at the bottom for the exact prompt). The Madison campus will select 2-3 semi-finalists who will each receive a $500 scholarship and then be entered into the system-wide competition for two $2,000 awards. All UW-Madison students in good standing (3.0 GPA) are eligible to enter.  The deadline for entry is January 25, 2016. For more information, including the writing prompt, click HERE .

Thanks to the generosity of several donors, the Letters and Science Honors Program offers a number of grants to help recipients fund their senior thesis research.  This year, the grants include: the Trewartha Undergraduate Honors Research Grant ,  the Mark Mensink Honors Research Grant ,  & the Ann J. Haney Infinite Boundaries Grant In order to help you make your application as strong as possible, the Honors Program is offering two informational workshops next week:                         Wednesday, September 16: 3:30-4:30 pm            Thursday, September 17: 11:30 am-12:30 pm Both workshops will be held in the Washburn Observatory conference room. (Come in the main entrance, walk towards the east side of the building. The conference room is at the northeast corner of the building.) Atte...

The UW-Madison Center for the Humanities Presents, The Iwanter Prize.  Application Deadline: May 1, 2015 The annual Iwanter Prize provides an unrestricted $2,000 award to one graduating senior who, through a senior thesis and general academic distinction, demonstrates outstanding humanities-based scholarship of a broad and interdisciplinary nature. Applications for the Iwanter prize may come directly from students, but must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the thesis advisor. Eligibility is restricted to seniors graduating from the College of Letters and Science who are receiving a degree with a major in a humanities discipline. Students graduating in spring or summer may submit advanced draft versions of the thesis. Application information can be found on the Center for the Humanities Website .

The Fulbright US Student Program 2016-17 competition will open on Tuesday, March 31. New application and country program information will be available at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/ . Erin Crawley, the campus Fulbright program advisor, will hold an information session for students interested in learning more about the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program and the   campus competition process on April 16. Fulbright info session on English Teaching Assistantships  Thursday, April 16 4:00-5:00 PM 336 Ingraham Hall If you cannot make the information session on April 16, please email Erin at fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu to set up an appointment. In addition, the Writing Center will host a workshop: "Writing your Way to a Fulbright: The Application Essays" Monday, April 20 Writing Center 3:30-5:00 Please register for the workshop here.

The Fulbright US Student Program 2016-17 competition will open on Tuesday, March 31.    New application and country program information will be available at http://us.fulbrightonline.org/ . Erin Crawley, the campus Fulbright program advisor, will hold an information session for Undergraduates interested in learning more about the Fulbright program and campus competition process on April 15. Fulbright info session for Undergraduates  Wednesday, April 15 3:00-4:00 PM 336 Ingraham Hall If you cannot make the information session on April 15, please email Erin at fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu to set up an appointment. In addition, the Writing Center will host a workshop,  "Writing your Way to a Fulbright: The Application Essays" Monday, April 20 Writing Center 3:30-5:00 Please register for the workshop here.

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. Eligibility:  Currently enrolled L&S Honors Student Minimum 3.3 GPA Not registered for Summer 2015 classes-- without permission of Director of Honors Program Application Process 1. Log into Scholarships@UW-Madison 2. Select Summer Senior Honors Thesis Grant and add to "my applications" 3. Complete the application online including: a letter of recomendation and a proposal Thinking about applying?  Please attend one of the Senior Honors Thesis Information Sessions When: Wednesday Feb 11, 2015 4:30-5:30 p....

The University Book Store Academic Excellence Awards provide $1000 to undergraduate students who have distinguished themselves by completing outstanding projects, such as a senior thesis, at UW-Madison.  Students must be enrolled in a degree program during the 2014-15 academic year (December 2014 graduates may apply).  Up to twenty awards are given annually. Eligible projects include: research papers in all fields creative arts projects, such as writing, media arts, visual or performing arts a self-contained section of a larger project (with statement explaining full project and sections yet to be completed) in cases of jointly authored or produced submissions, each person's contribution must be clearly stated. If the applicant was part of a research team, the applicant's role and contributions to the project must be delineated. Published research papers may be submitted only as an appendix to the application, and must identify the applicant's contribution, and stat...

Funded by a one-year University of Wisconsin System Undergraduate Research & Discovery Grant, the Sophomore Research Fellowships support undergraduate research done in collaboration with UW–Madison faculty or research/instructional academic staff. Approximately 15 awards are available. The student researcher receives $2,500, and faculty/staff research advisor receives $500 to help offset research costs (e.g., supplies, faculty or student travel related to the project).  To be eligible for this award you must be a sophomore or a freshman who will have more than 24 credits after May of the current academic year or a transfer student in their first year of attendance at UW-Madison and have a cumulative GPA of 2.3 or above.  Application Deadline: March 9, 2015 More information on the proposal and application as well as the selection process can be found here.

The Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships support undergraduate research done in collaboration with UW–Madison faculty or research/instructional academic staff. Approximately 105 Hilldale awards are available each year. The student researcher receives $3,000, and faculty/staff research advisor receives $500 to help offset research costs (e.g., supplies, faculty or student travel related to the project). At time of application research mentors can ask for an additional $500 (up to $1,000 total) if exceptional circumstances apply (for example, if student travel is necessary to conduct the research). To be eligible for this award, students must: have at least junior standing at time of application plan a collaborative research project with a UW-Madison faculty/staff plan to graduate after May of the application year while there is no minimum GPA to apply, projects proposed by students with a cumulative GPA of  3.2 or lower typically are not as competitive ...

Applying for a Hilldale or Holstrom Research award? Need help writing your proposal?  The Writing Center has a workshop just for you!  Writing Proposals for Hilldale and Holstrom Research on Thursday, Dec. 5, 4:00-5:30 p.m. If you're applying for one of the University's prestigious Hilldale or Holstrom awards, don't miss this workshop! You'll have the chance to review successful applications from past years in a variety of fields and learn strategies that will help you stand out as a strong applicant. The application deadline for these awards is in mid-February. Please pre-register HERE .  Interested in more one-on-one attention?  For those looking for help critiquing their papers, applications, and writing projects, the Writing Center offers individual conferences with experienced writing instructors.

The UW–Madison New Arts Venture Challenge is a campus-wide competition encouraging new thinking and innovative ideas. Entrants will develop and submit a thorough proposal for an arts event, exhibition, series, commercial venture, or other artistic projects. Proposals should demonstrate creativity, innovation, added value to the arts, and potential for success. After the top four finalists are selected, they will present their projects to a panel of judges. The first prize award is $2,000 and $500 for second prize (up to three awards for second).  The deadline in April 14, 2015. For more information about the requirements and application process, visit their website!

Do you have a great idea to enhance the UW-Madison campus and/or the larger Madison community? Apply for the L&S Honors Leadership Trust Award! The Leadership Trust Award provides up to two students with an award equal to two semesters of resident, full-time tuition plus project funds up to but not to exceed $3,000 as justified in the submitted project budget. The awards and the project funds provided are intended to be used by the student(s) to help plan, develop, and implement projects designed to improve the UW-Madison, the university community, and/or the university student body. Eligible students include currently enrolled L&S Honors Students (HLA, HM, or Comprehensive Honors) with at least one year of undergraduate study remaining at the time of award.  Minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average. To apply, complete and submit  the application, budget form, and essay. The application form can be found HERE . Additionally, s ubmission of the proje...