Sheila Langlois Memorial Fellowship for Study Abroad in Art History and the Humanities

Provides one or two fellowships per year of up to $10,000 to support study abroad for students in disciplines within the humanities, including, but not exclusive to, art history, history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, modern/classical languages, international studies or interdisciplinary fields.

Eligibility and Criteria:

  • Cumulative GPA at time of application: 3.25
  • All applicants must be degree-seeking students during the time of their study abroad.
  • Undergraduate applicants must have at least 30 hours of coursework completed or in progress and be enrolled as a UW student at the time of application. Graduate applicants must have at least 9 hours of directed coursework completed or in progress and be enrolled as a UW student at the time of application.
  • UW students in majoring in Art History or humanities discipline (including art, art history, culture, history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, modern/classical languages, international studies or interdisciplinary fields).
  • Record and potential for academic excellence and enhanced professional development; documentation of potential for significant contributions to field via international study and/or research;
  • Graduate students must outline their research project design and justify why their project should be undertaken at their particular host institution, and how the experience will uniquely prepare or allow them to push the frontiers of knowledge in their field.
  • Undergraduate students must outline why research and/or language study they will undertake is particularly well suited to their host institutions, and how the experience will uniquely prepare them for profession and/or academic careers.

Applications for this scholarship are also encouraged to apply for all available study abroad scholarships. However, applicants may only accept one scholarship from the Education Abroad Office for the same program abroad.

Individual students are ineligible to receive more than two scholarships from the Education Abroad Office during the same career (undergraduate or graduate) at UW.

Award
Varies
College/Department
Education Abroad, Global Engagement Office
Deadline
10/15/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Study Abroad Locale
  2. When will you be abroad? Please list the semester(s) and year(s).
  3. Cost of Program - common costs include airfare, housing, meals, tuition, books. Please be as detailed as possible. No personal expenses should be included.
  4. In order to pay for this time abroad, I have the following financial help. Click "Add Another Answer" to enter more than one award.
    • A. Type of financial help:
    • B. Name or description of the financial help:
    • C. Amount:
  5. Amount Requested?
  6. Describe the intended program of research or study, including:
      For undergraduate applicants (and graduate students as applicable) - prospective courses, how those courses will fit into your studies at UW, and how those courses will impact your impact on your future profession or career goals. Are these courses you can take at UW? Are these courses unique to your major? Are they unique to this location? How will these courses contribute to your future sucess?

      For graduate student applicants – a brief abstract or executive summary of your research program, and why that research should be done specifically in the location you propose.
  7. Describe your academic and professional goals and how they will be impacted by your time abroad, including: how the research or study program you propose will put you in a position, upon your return to UW, to impact the future of your field of study. In this essay, please explain how your time at your specific location abroad will impact your ability to further your knowledge of your academic field, and how you will be able to further the frontiers of knowledge in your field by participating in this specific program.
  8. What activities could you propose to do upon your return that will further the internationalization at UW?
  9. You must arrange for two recommendation letters from different faculty members familiar with your goals and plans abroad. These letters should address specifically your ability to undertake the program of study or research you are proposing. They should not be generic letters that were written for general recommendation purposes.
    • Please provide the contact information for a faculty member reference.
  10. Have you previously received a scholarship from the Education Abroad Office? If so, explain.
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