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Things You Need to Know From the Office of Research & Scholarship — Feb. 27, 2026

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New Travel Fund for Ph.D. and MFA Students

The Office of Research & Scholarship, in cooperation with the Dean’s Office, is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for graduate students in the School of Education. The purpose of the Graduate Student Travel Grants is to enable graduate students to travel to off-campus sites, nationally or internationally, to conduct research and scholarship activities that are necessary for degree completion and with advisor approval.

  • Applications will be accepted between March 1 and March 27, 2026
  • Applications must include:
    • a 1-page, single-spaced synopsis of approved dissertation proposal/MFA final project plan
    • an itemized travel budget (transportation, housing, meals, research expenses, etc.)
    • a completed recommendation for the advisor
  • Graduate students in Ph.D. or MFA programs will be eligible for funding if they have approved dissertation proposals or have completed their first-year MFA review and have a creative research plan that specifies travel essential to achieve their research program or creative research plans.

More information, including additional requirements and a link to the online application, are available on the Office of Research & Scholarship webpage.

News and Announcements

Organizers for this year’s RISE-THRIVE Symposium are seeking flash talk speakers on a number of topics, including: communicating your work to public & community audiences, working with infants and children, working with people with disabilities, and places, health & aging. If interested in filling one of these flash talk slots or facilitating a session, please contact Hanna Blazel by Friday, March 6, 2026.

Thank you to everyone who submitted applications to the One School Innovation Fund. As of the Feb. 25 deadline, we received 71 applications from across all departments in the school. We expect to make award notifications in May with funding to start on July 1, 2026. Incubator Grant applications remain open through Feb. 28, 2026.

Registration is now open for the 2026 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods. This year’s program offers 90+ classes — in person and online. Additionally, ICPSR is offering over $400,000 in student scholarships this year. For more information and to apply, visit the ICPSR website.

Federal agencies will soon require covered individuals to certify completion of Research Security training. Although requirements are being implemented on an agency‑by‑agency basis, PIs and others working on federal awards are encouraged to complete the one‑hour training proactively to ensure they are prepared as additional agencies adopt similar mandates.

Congratulations to Arts faculty on their exhibitions currently showing outside of Wisconsin:

  • Germit Grimm, A Human Experience | Henry Ford College, Sisson Art Gallery, 5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI | March 2–28, 2026
  • Meg Mitchell, A Fragile Unfolding: From the Seat to the Horizon | 2nd Story, 522 West Short St., Lexington, KY | Jan. 17–April 3, 2026
  • Christina A. West, Body Shop | Scarab Club, 217 Farnsworth, Detroit, MI | March 26, 2026, 6–8 p.m.
  • Tom Jones & John Hitchcock, We Each Hold Stories | The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., Saint Louis, MO | Nov. 2, 2025–May 2, 2026

 

Events and Learning Opportunities

Art Exhibits:

  • Angela Johnson, Synthesis: Bits and Pieces | Mandelbaum and Albert Family Vision Gallery, McPherson Eye Research Institute, 9th floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI | Feb. 5–May 29, 2026
  • Tom Jones, Tom Jones Returns to West: Photography Exhibition | Madison West High School Art Gallery, 30 Ash Street, Madison, WI | March 4–April 28, 2026
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