Scholarships

=Scholarships and Awards=

There are too many scholarships available that may be appropriate for Geography/Cartography majors to be listed here, so please check the "Web Links" page for general listings.

Here are a few common ones:


 * **Award:** || **Purpose:** || **Application/Nomination Due:** ||
 * [|Hilldale Undergraduate/ Faculty Research Fellowships AND Holstrom Environmental Scholarships] || These support undergraduate research done in collaboration with UW–Madison faculty or research/instructional academic staff. Up to 80 Hilldale and 5 Holstrom awards are made each year. The student researcher receives $4,000, and faculty/staff research advisor receives up to $1,000 for costs associated with the research (e.g., supplies, faculty or student travel related to the project). If projects have more than one student or one faculty member together, the stipend levels will vary. || February ||
 * [|Theodore Herfurth and Teddy Kubly Awards for Initiative and Efficiency] || These awards, supported by the Theodore Herfurth and Teddy Kubly family, are awarded to a senior man and senior woman who made the maximum use of their time at UW–Madison, demonstrating productivity in the classroom and the community. The awards are among the oldest presented at the university; the Herfurth award for a senior man was introduced in 1928, followed by the Kubly award for a senior woman in 1943. //To compete, students first must be nominated by UW–Madison faculty or academic staff.// || February ||
 * [|Iwanter Prize] (Center for the Humanities) || 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. || May ||
 * [|Alice V. Almasy Memorial Scholarship] || This scholarship fund awards $500 to juniors or seniors of exceptional ability whose interests are concentrated in the humanistic disciplines. Eligible students must be enrolled full-time in the College of Letters and Science and have completed two semesters at UW-Madison. || October ||
 * [|Trewartha Undergraduate Honors Research Grant] || Enables students to undertake more demanding and extensive honors senior thesis research projects than might otherwise be possible. Besides recognition of an excellent thesis proposal, grant recipients are provided a supplies and expense budget (averaging $700) to cover the expendable supplies, travel expenses, photocopying expenses, etc. needed for completion of the research. These resources may enable students to travel to archives or research sites, to arrange participant interviews, or to initiate other research activities that require special funding. 12-15 Trewartha Grants are awarded each year. || October ||