The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science Honors Program currently offers or administers six different grants, scholarships, and awards for purposes ranging from: introductory and senior thesis research, study abroad and research related travel, and community and university service projects. For more information about these funding opportunities, please read the information below and follow the appropriate links.
 
 
Sophomore Apprentice Justin Brown (left) presents at the 2003 Sophomore
Apprenticeship Retreat on his research experience with
Geology Professor Cliff Thurber (right)

Funding for Introductory Research Experience

 
The L&S Honors Program annually offers over thirty Summer Sophomore Apprenticeship Research Grants. These grants are intended to provide students with an introductory research experience in one of their areas of interest.
 
The ultimate purpose of the Sophomore Apprenticeship Program is to allow talented students to learn what research is as well as how it is conducted within a discipline by actually doing it. This program provides the Apprentices with the opportunity both to develop research skills and to explore the research process.
 
For more information about the Sophomore Apprenticeship Program, eligibility requirements, selection criteria, and application procedures please follow the link below.
 
 
 
 
Klein and Weisshaar; photo by Jeffrey Shokler
Honors Senior Thesis Grant recipient Lawrence Klein (right)
working with his thesis advisor, Chemistry Professor James Weisshaar(left)

Honors Senior Thesis Research Support

 
Three different grants and awards providing support for Honors Senior Thesis research are offered by the L&S Honors Program each year. These grants range from the Trewartha Undergraduate Honors Research Grant which provides students' with modest (averaging $1000) supplies and expense award for their research to the Mark Mensink Honors Research Grant, the most prestigious Honors Senior Thesis Research Grant awarded by the program, which offers over $7,000 to the student recipient.

Each year, these awards provide funding for Honors Senior Thesis research to over thirty Honors Students. These grants are competitive and provide award winners with the opportunity to undertake more demanding and extensive senior thesis research projects during the academic year or summer than might otherwise be possible.

For more information, eligibility requirements, selection criteria, and application procedures please follow the links below.
 
 
 
 
Elena Kouneski Easter Island Research
Honors student Elena Kouneski (left) on Easter Island conducting
archaeological fieldwork for her Honors Senior Thesis in Anthropology

Funding for Study Abroad and Research Related Travel

 
 
The L&S Honors Program offers one award, the Abraham S. Burack Scholarship, to support Honors students studying abroad. This grant provides $500-$600 to students who will be participating in an official semester or year-long UW study abroad program.
  
For more information, eligibility requirements, selection criteria, and application procedures for these grants, please follow the links below.
 
 

Community or University Service Project Funding

 
The Leadership Trust Award is annually awarded to up to two students to help plan, develop, and implement projects designed to improve the UW-Madison, the community, and/or the university student body.  This award provides recipients with funds equal to two (2) semesters of resident, full-time tuition (currently totalling over $6,000) plus project funds up to but not to exceed $3,000 as justified in a submitted budget.
 
For more information about the Leadership Trust Award, eligibility requirements, selection criteria, and application procedures please follow the link below.