Eligibility

Student Eligibility Criteria

You must be a UW-Madison undergraduate student with at least a sophomore standing at the time of the application
You must be enrolled at UW-Madison for the entire time of project implementation
Proposals can include up to 5 students
Have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 and be in good academic standing
Maintain your undergraduate status during project implementation
Have not previously been awarded a Wisconsin Idea Fellowship
If your project is accepted, you must register for three credits of supervised research, senior thesis or independent/ directed student during the 2021-2022 academic year or during the summer session
If your project is accepted and if the project will be implemented in a country that currently has a U.S. State Department Travel Warning, you will need to have approval from the University International Travel Committee (UITC). The travel warning waiver request form can be found here. If you have any questions about this requirement, please contact Ron Machoian, International Safety and Security Director, at rmachoian@bussvc.wisc.edu.

Your partner organization can be any of the following:

A public agency, including governmental agencies and K-12 schools
A private, nonprofit organization
A private business or trade organization working on issues such as hunger a poverty, health care, the arts, criminal justice, the environment, community development and economic development

Your project must demonstrate the following:

Intellectual growth for the student
Benefits to the community organization
Collaboration among the student, faculty/ staff mentor and the community organization in planning, implementing and evaluating

Projects must be implemented during one of the following timeframes: