UW-Madison Graduate Student Exchange Program
at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn, Germany

NEW DEADLINE noon on Monday, April 14.

As part of an exchange agreement, the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University at Bonn will offer one 2008-09 academic year award and several short term awards to University of Wisconsin-Madison advanced graduate students who wish to follow an independent research program under the guidance of a senior faculty member.

Applicants should be enrolled in a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral program. Preference will be given to dissertators; however, graduate students who have not yet passed preliminary examinations for the Ph.D. will be considered. The awards are not tenable for use after a terminal Master’s Degree.

Academic year award: The academic year award pays fees at Bonn and provides a maintenance allowance of approximately 7,500 Euro for the year (based on last year’s stipend) for a PhD student; 6,500 Euro for a MA student. The fee waiver covers registration, examinations and tuition at Bonn; UW-Madison dissertator fees are also covered. UW graduate students will have to purchase health insurance through CISI at a cost of about $320 for the year. The maintenance allowance may need to be supplemented by personal funds to cover the expenses of travel, accommodations, meals, books and incidentals

Short term awards: There are several short term awards available (duration could be one or two months, or one semester, depending on the needs of the project). Dissertators are preferred; however, graduate students who have not yet passed preliminary examinations for the Ph.D. will be considered. The awards are not tenable for use after a terminal Master’s Degree. The awards pay fees at Bonn and provide a maintenance allowance of approximately 750 Euro per month for a PhD level candidate, or 650 Euro per month for an MA level candidate. The fee waiver covers registration, examinations and tuition at Bonn. UW graduate students will have to purchase health insurance through CISI at a cost of about $32 per month to cover the duration of the award. The maintenance allowance may need to be supplemented by personal funds to cover the expenses of travel, accommodations, meals, books and incidentals. The application proposal for a short term award should specify the amount of time requested for the project and include a justification of the request.

The application deadline for the academic year and short term awards is Monday, March 3 by 12:00 PM. Applications for the two types of award are separate and should be clearly identified as either for an academic year award or a short term award. A complete application for either type of award will consist of:  a two-page summary statement describing the research to be pursued at Bonn; an up to date curriculum vitae; a letter of support from the major advisor endorsing the candidacy, plus one other letter of support; undergraduate and graduate transcripts (these can be copies of official transcripts as long as they are clearly legible. The UW-Madison Student Record is not the official transcript). Candidates accepted for the Bonn exchange award will need to provide a copy of their high school diploma to Bonn (it is possible to waive this for the short term awards).

For further information contact the International Fellowship Office (Telephone: 262- 9632; Email: fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu).

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