Ann Hoyt Award for the Study of Cooperative Associations

Description
The School of Human Ecology and the UW Center for Cooperatives are offering Graduate Student Scholarships for Research, Outreach, and Training on Cooperatives. Awards are available to recognize graduate students’ pursuit of research, outreach activities, or further knowledge related to cooperative businesses and associations in all sectors, both domestic and international and including credit unions.

Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship program, you must be a graduate students in good standing who is enrolled in an advanced degree program (MS, PhD, or MFA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Scholarships for research, outreach, and other scholarship on cooperatives – $4,000
Two scholarships, each in the amount of $4,000, will be awarded—one in honor of Dr. Ann Hoyt and one in honor of Barbara and Thomas Lyon. Students may request funds to begin or continue research, outreach, or scholarship related to cooperatives. To apply for this category, please submit a proposal of no more than 3 pages that includes the following:

• The nature, purpose, and significance of the planned or ongoing research, outreach, and/or community-based scholarship relating to cooperatives. If ongoing, describe achieved results. If this is new scholarship, discuss anticipated results. If the proposed work is a joint project, describe the nature of your contribution to the project.
• How the work will enhance or contribute to a cooperative organization
• Your interest in the cooperative business model and any research, outreach, or scholarship you have already completed related to cooperatives
• A budget outlining how funds will be used
• A letter of support from the faculty advisor (does not count toward 3-page limit)

Review Criteria
Applications will be evaluated and ranked by a committee made up of representatives from the UW Center for Cooperatives, the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, and the School of Human Ecology. Please note that your application may be read by someone from any discipline. Strong applications are able to convey the importance of an applicant’s research and/or travel plans to a non-expert or person outside your field.

Applications will be evaluated based on:
1) clarity and quality of materials,
2) overall impact and significance of the proposed research, outreach, scholarship or of the conference or professional development described,
3) extent to which the student’s participation in the proposed activities will enhance both cooperative organizations and the student’s own professional development.