Vilas Travel Grant Competition Information
Do you need money for travel to a conference or for research purposes? Apply for the Vilas Travel Grant Competition. The Graduate Student Collaborative administers the Vilas Travel Grant Competition for UW-Madison Dissertators and final year MFA students. Awards will be granted for domestic or international travel to conferences or for research purposes to eligible students.
Each year, the Vilas Travel Fellowship Competition begins October 1st and complete applications must be received as a packet by 4:30 p.m. on October 31st. The application is available on this Web site October 1st thru 31st. Awards are announced near the end of November. In 2006, more than 200 $600 awards were granted for domestic or international research or conference presentation travel. An additional five $1,500 awards were granted for international research travel.
The application has both online and paper components and consists of a one page statement of how attending your conference or research will be of benefit to you and a letter of support from your advisor.
Eligibility
- Graduate student dissertators or final year MFA students who plan to present their research at a conference or travel for dissertation research purposes.
- Dissertator status must be final before the first day of the Fall semester of the current award year.
- MFA students must be in their final year of work toward their degree (40 or more credits).
- Travel must occur between September 1 and August 31 for each award cycle.
- Priority will be given to those who have never received a Vilas Travel award, though previous recipients are eligible to reapply.
2007 - 2008 Application
The 2007 - 2008 Application period has closed.
2007 - 2008 Information
If you received a Vilas Travel Fellowship for 2006 - 2007 and have completed your travel, click here to fill out the 2007-08 Vilas Travel Grant Experience Form.