TBA (last known deadline was February 1, 2013)
The Richard M. Heins Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship will be awarded on a College-wide basis for the 2013-14 academic year. This fellowship was established by Richard M. Heins who is an alumnus of UW-Madison and was very active in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences serving on the CALS Board of Visitors from 1996-1999. This fellowship was established to support graduate student research within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Nominations may be submitted by CALS department graduate programs and by any interdepartmental graduate program in which CALS faculty participate. Each program is limited to one nominee. The nominee's major advisor must have a tenured or tenure-leading appointment in a CALS department.
Nominees must be Ph.D. candidates who have not exceeded five years in their current graduate studies before the application deadline. In programs where a master of science is the terminal degree, nominees should have completed one year of graduate study as of the beginning of the academic year in which the fellowship would be held.
The award package includes tuition and fees coverage, health insurance eligibility, and a stipend.