Application for Research and Travel Grants

Application for Research and Travel Grants

Application Deadline: April 6, 2016

1. General Information

Name:

E-mail:

Address:

Undergraduates: Please list your major(s), certificate program(s), and expected year of graduation:

Graduate students: Please provide your department, advisor name, and year of study:

Scholarships: All applicants will be considered for the Mazursky and Berman Scholarships. Check here if you are a graduate student in the History Department and wish to be considered for the David Sorkin Scholarship.

2. Project Information

Name of conference or research project:

Proposed date(s) of travel: Amount requested from the Center for Jewish Studies:

Have you applied for funding from other sources? List pending applications and, if applicable, funds already received for this project.

Have you received funds from the Center for Jewish Studies in the past?yesno

If yes, describe award(s) and amount(s) received:

Briefly describe how you used these funds from the Center for Jewish Studies. If you are applying for funds to continue work on the same project, describe your progress to date and provide a brief justification of your need for additional funding. If you are applying for funds to work on a different project, describe how your new project relates to previous work in your graduate or undergraduate program:

3. Project Description

Please provide a brief statement (~750 words) describing the relationship between your stated research plans, your program of study (senior thesis, dissertation, etc.), and Jewish Studies.

4. Budget

Provide an itemized budget for your proposed project:

5. Submit your application

Please e-mail this application and the following documents to :

UW-Madison Transcript (an unofficial transcript/DARS record is acceptable).

First year graduate students only: copy of undergraduate transcript

If requesting funding for conference travel, please provide documentation that you will be presenting at the conference (program, letter of acceptance, etc.). You may apply for a travel grant without this documentation, but you must provide it before receiving payment.

Letter of recommendation from a faculty member.Students applying for the Sorkin fund must have a letter from a member of the History department. This letter may be sent directly to the Center for Jewish Studies ().

All materials must be received by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 6.