Bromley Conference Travel Grants are awarded based on a competitive application process to eligible L&S Honors students for presentation and/or attendance at regional, national, or international professional conferences. A review of applications and selection of Bromley Conference Travel Grant recipients will be conducted by the L&S Honors Senior Staff with input from the L&S Faculty Honors Committee if needed.
- Grants awarded for presentations at regional, national, or international conferences provide up to $500 to the recipients.
- Grants awarded solely for attendance at regional, national, or international conferences provide up to $250 to the recipients.
Priority for awards is given to applications requesting support for presentations at professional conferences. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis until funds have been exhausted. A new cycle begins each academic year.
Eligibility:
- Currently enrolled L&S Honors Student (HLA, HM, or Comprehensive Honors) at the time of application and conference
- The conference must take place during either the fall or spring academic terms
- Minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average (GPA)
- Progress toward the completion of the L&S Honors in the Liberal Arts, Honors in the Major, OR Comprehensive Honors degree(s)
- You have not received this grant in the past (students are only eligible to receive this award one time)
Criteria for Selection:
- Strength of statement of benefit/impact of the proposed experience
- Strength of a letter of recommendation from a faculty member
- For conference presentation: submission of documentation of the accepted abstract from the organizing body and a copy of the conference agenda summary
- For conference attendance only: submission of a copy of the conference agenda summary
Application Process:
The Bromley Conference Travel Grant application is available on WiSH. You can access WiSH through your MyUW or by logging in at wisc.academicworks.com.
The application will include questions related to your intended conference experience, requests for relevant documentation, and essay questions. The application also requires one (1) letter of recommendation from a UW-Madison faculty member in support of the experience.
Application Deadline: The application is closed for the 2024-25 academic year. All awards have been given. The application will reopen for the 2025-26 academic year in early September 2025.
Conditions of the award: Award recipients will be expected to write a thank you letter, submit documentation of conference attendance, a brief (1-page) summary of their experience, and consent to the release of information in application essays and/or experience summary submissions.
Award status notifications will be emailed to applicants typically within 2-3 weeks of application submission.