L&S Honors Summer Research Apprenticeship

Description: Funded by grants from the Brittingham Wisconsin Trust and the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest, the Apprenticeship allows Honors students the opportunity to learn what research is and how it is conducted within a discipline by participating in actual, cutting-edge research, under the mentorship of a faculty member.

Purpose: This Honors Summer Apprenticeship grant provides a significant opportunity to develop research skills and explore the research process. It can also lay the groundwork for possible future junior and senior year research projects, should a student want to continue with research.

Award: Standard award of $3000.

Eligibility:

  • A second-year student in the L&S Honors Program, or
  • A first-year student in the L&S Honors Program who will have more than 24 credits after May of the current academic year

Evaluation Criteria:

  • Academic record (including GPA)
  • Progress towards completing your Honors degree(s)
  • Quality of the proposal
  • Strength of personal statement

Restrictions: If you are awarded and accept a Summer Research Apprenticeship you may not accept funding from other sources for the same research project during the same time period. (For example, if you plan to apply for the Summer Research Fellowship (SRF), you may want to apply for the SRF for the fall and/or spring term.)

Visit the Honors Program site for more information about the Summer Research Apprenticeship.

Award
$3,000.00
Organizations
L&S Honors Program
Deadline
02/22/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. (LSH) Please select the term you began your undergraduate study at UW-Madison.
  2. If you answered "Other" to the question above, please clarify.
  3. Please select the Honors track you are currently pursuing.
  4. REQUEST REFERENCE: To request the letter of reference from your project advisor click on "Add a New Reference" below, enter their name and UW-Madison email address and save. The WiSH system will send an email to your project advisor with a link to upload their letter. You are responsible for ensuring your project advisor completes this reference request.

    Please note: If you have already requested a letter of reference for the Sophomore Research Fellowship (same project and advisor), you can use that letter for your L&S Honors Apprenticeship application. It should appear in the drop-down box below.

  5. Please enter a project title for your research apprenticeship.
  6. (LSH) Please upload a PDF version of your project proposal.
  7. Upload a current transcript (official or unofficial is acceptable).
  8. Please enter your UW faculty mentor's First and Last Name.
  9. Enter your faculty mentor's department.
  10. Enter your faculty mentor's email address.
  11. If you will have additional mentors beyond your faculty mentor (e.g. graduate students, postdoc students, other faculty), please submit a single PDF with their name(s) and email address(es). Please note that this list will be used to provide mentorship training opportunities to those listed and will not impact your application.
  12. What other university funding, if any, will you receive to support this project work during the summer? Please check all that apply.
  13. If you selected "Other" as a funding source, please clarify.
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