Category: Awards & Grants

International Researchers Among Kellett Mid-Career Award Honorees

Eight faculty have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards for their research. Kellett Awards are given by the Graduate School and funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. They are given to faculty who are five to 20 years past their first promotion to a tenured position. Honorees receive a $60,000 flexible research fund. Among the winners …

International Researchers Among the Romnes Faculty Honorees

Nine faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The awards are given by the Graduate School and funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. They recognize tenured faculty members who have attained tenure within the prior four years. Winners receive a $50,000 flexible research fund. Among the recipients are: Sara Guyer, English. Guyer received …

Pre-dissertation Travel Grants: “Remaking the Developmental State”

Many analysts have argued that a rapidly changing global context has created new challenges for developing countries and for developmental states. Especially since the formation of the WTO, many of the strategies formerly used to promote economic growth and development seem problematic; policy-makers and scholars are increasingly asking what new strategies have worked, or might …

Call for Proposals: 2009 WAGE Individual Faculty Research Awards

The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces an individual grant competition to support research projects on globalization and the international economy. All University of Wisconsin Madison faculty are encouraged to apply. We anticipate awarding 1-3 grants of up to $10,000, which will be available for use from June 1, 2009 thru …

South Asia Student Advising Sessions

Students please join the Center for South Asia for informal advising sessions, samosa, and tea! Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome. Shaking the Money Tree: Finding and Getting Funding for Academic Research and Language Study J. Mark Kenoyer, Professor, Department of Anthropology Thursday, February 26 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 336 Ingraham Hall Go Abroad! …

Upcoming Deadlines for CIBER Grant Opportunities

CIBER Applied Funds Program – Deadline Monday, March 2.* CIBER’s Applied Funds program provides grants of up to $2,000 to support travel, conference registration, and participation in faculty development programs. *Since the regular March 1 deadline falls on a Sunday, applications will be accepted through Monday, March 2. CIBER Global Research and Curriculum Development Program …

Global Legal Studies Visiting Scholars Announced

The Institute for Legal Studies and the Global Legal Studies Center announce the visiting scholars who will be working at the the Law School in room 6210.  Please join us in welcoming the following people to our community of scholars: Spring 2009: Anna Jaron Visiting Scholar Spring 2009 PhD Candidate in Law European University Institute, …

International Research Among Baldwin Grant Recipients

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is supporting a diverse portfolio of community-inspired projects for 2009, from improving Midwest flood-response policies to exploring Wisconsin’s language roots. Included in the 14 projects totaling more than $800,000 this year are initiatives to get Wisconsin youth involved in the National Science Olympiad; …

Deadline Extension: Wisconsin and the Emerging Regional Powers Funding Opportunities

The Division of International Studies would like to announce an extension for the two Wisconsin and the Emerging Regional Powers funding opportunities co-sponsored by the Wisconsin School of Business, and the International Institute. The original deadline of January 28, 2009 for the International Executive Speaker Series and the Visiting International Professor Program has been extended …

Student Funding Opportunities in German and European Studies

Undergraduates: 2009 EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels The Wisconsin and Seattle EU Centers of Excellence are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the summer 2009 EU Studies Summer Program in Brussels, hosted and co-organized by the Institute for European Studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The EU Studies Summer …