These awards were offered 2019-2021 but have been suspended as of January 2022
Participating area and international studies centers of the Institute for Regional and International Studies are each awarding up to $1,000 (actual award amounts vary) to the best paper/s and projects written by an undergraduate and focused on their respective world regions.
Eligibility
You must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at the UW-Madison.
The paper must be/have been submitted to fulfill a UW-Madison course or thesis requirement during the 2020-2021 academic year (Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 terms).
Submissions must substantially address issues related to the world region of the center you are submitting to; papers submitted to the Institute for Regional and International Studies should have a trans-regional focus.
You can submit any particular paper to only one center; however, you may submit multiple papers and to multiple centers.
Participating units
The areas studies centers listed below are accepting submissions. Also listed next to each center are details on language & length requirements and whether multimedia projects will be accepted.
- African Studies Program – submissions must be in English; no length requirements; multimedia projects accepted
- Center for East Asian Studies – submissions must be in English; no length requirements; multimedia projects accepted
- European Studies – will award two paper and/or thesis prizes; submissions must be in English; submissions for best paper award should be minimum 5,000 words, maximum 10,000 words (incl. footnotes, bibliography, tables, etc); submission for best thesis award should be 10,000 words and above and must be formal theses (not class papers); multimedia projects not accepted
- Institute for Regional and International Studies – submissions must be in English; no length requirements; multimedia projects accepted
- Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program – papers written in Spanish, Portuguese, and English accepted; minimum length: 1,000 words; multimedia projects accepted
- Middle East Studies Program – submissions must be in English; papers must be minimum 8 pages; multimedia projects accepted
- Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia – submissions must be in English; papers must be minimum 10 pages, maximum 30 pages; multimedia projects accepted
- Center for South Asia – submissions must be in English; papers must be minimum 12 pages, maximum 20 pages; multimedia projects accepted; previous winners of the CSA paper award cannot receive it a second time
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies – submissions must be in English; papers must be minimum 5,000 words, maximum 10,000 words (including bibliography/footnotes); multimedia projects accepted
Award details
Awards will be disbursed through the Bursar’s scholarship system before the end of the current academic year.
Submission deadline
All AY 2020-2021 submissions must be submitted by 2pm on Friday, May 7, 2021. No exceptions.
How to submit a paper
To submit a paper/project, send the following by email as a single pdf document to the IRIS Awards Office, awards@iris.wisc.edu.
1. Cover page including all the following information:
- Name
- UW email address
- Campus ID number
- Anticipated graduation date
- Center to which you are submitting
- Title of your paper
- Course name and number and term taken (or indicate thesis & degree program)
- Name & email address of course instructor (or thesis advisor)
- Word count of submission (including footnotes and bibliography)
- 100 word abstract of paper and its significance
2. The paper itself
Questions?
Email Mark Lilleleht @ awards@iris.wisc.edu or call 608.265.6070.
Recipients
2021
- Reilly Coon (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Stella D’Acquisto (Middle East Studies Program)
- Madelyn Demchick (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Amita Doiphode (Center for South Asia)
- Jordan Grob (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Reyna Groff (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Mikala Hall (Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
- Taylor Hatley (Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
- Emily Janicik (European Studies)
- Isabelle Johnson (Middle East Studies Program)
- Tyler Katzenberger (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Yeji Kwon (Middle East Studies Program)
- Charlie Lyne (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Madison Marshall (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Thomas Miller (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Joe Nolan (European Studies)
- Isabelle Paulsen (Middle East Studies Program)
- Anitha Quintin (African Studies Program & Center for East Asia Studies)
- Ben Sevart (Center for South Asia)
- Benjamin Sharp (European Studies)
- Meghan Stevens (Center for Southeast Asian Studies)
- Madeline Walaszek (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Jiulin Lu (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Zidu Xu (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
2020
- Beth Allen (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Caitlin Attaway (African Studies Program)
- Mahima Bhattar (Center for South Asia)
- Samuel Brown (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Lydia Chen (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Angelica Contreras (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Esther Eruchalu (African Studies Program)
- Katya Garza (Institute for Regional and International Studies & Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Rebecca Hanks (African Studies Program)
- Emily Janicik (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Logan Krishka (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Alyson Long (Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia)
- Victoria Paige (Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia)
- Nils Peterson (Middle East Studies Program)
- Anitha Quintin (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Reem Salah (Middle East Studies Program)
- Lena Simon (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Vivienne Woolridge (Center for East Asia Studies)
2019
- Eva Branson (European Studies)
- Lexi Brown (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Laura Bunn (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Ashna Dadlani (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Tyler Jossart (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Sara Kalupa (Center for South Asia)
- Logan Krishka (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Marissa Miller (European Studies)
- Jasmine Owens (Center for South Asia)
- Madeleine Roberts (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Janna Rudolf (Institute for Regional and International Studies)
- Libby Sattler (Center for East Asia Studies)
- Matthew Scharpf (Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program)
- Danielle Schmitz (African Studies Program)
- Benjamin Wolfers (Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia)