ITP: Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education Sciences ITP: Interdisciplinary Training Program in the Education Sciences
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

APPLY TO THE PROGRAM

ITP fellowship applications and nominations for 2010-11 will be due January 22, 2010.

Procedures are as follows:

Entry-level students not currently enrolled at UW-Madison

Memorial Union, MadisonEntry-level students who have been accepted to UW-Madison for entry in 2010-2011 can be nominated for ITP support by their participating department (economics, political science, psychology, sociology, or social welfare). Nominating departments will submit a copy of the student’s application materials for consideration by the ITP steering committee. Students may indicate their interest in being considered for ITP support in their application materials, or by separately notifying their departmental admissions staff. Students will not be considered by the ITP without endorsement of the admitting department. Deadline is January 22, 2010.

Entry-level students currently in their first year of graduate study at UW-Madison

First-year graduate students enrolled in one of the participating departments (economics, political science, psychology, sociology, or social welfare) can apply for ITP support by submitting the following to the ITP steering committee by January 22, 2010:

  1. 1-page statement of interest, including discussion of interest in research on education using methods that permit causal inference.
  2. Advisor’s letter of recommendation.
  3. List of courses taken during 2009-10 and grades from fall 2009.
  4. A copy of the student’s original application file should be forwarded by the department.

Advanced students (will be dissertators by fall 2010 and will complete their dissertations by June 2012)

Ed Sciences BuildingAdvanced graduate students enrolled in one of the participating departments can apply for ITP support by submitting the following to the ITP steering committee:

  1. 1-page description of dissertation plans; dissertation must address a question relevant to education policy or practice with methods that permit causal inference.
  2. Advisor’s letter of recommendation.
  3. Transcript of coursework at
    UW-Madison.
  4. A curriculum vita.
  5. A writing sample, preferably the dissertation proposal, or a paper that illustrates competence in analyzing data using rigorous quantitative methods.

Applications from advanced students will be considered on a rolling basis starting January 22, 2010.

All materials should be submitted to:

Molly Wesling
Program Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences
453 Educational Sciences
1025 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53706
wesling@wisc.edu
PH: (608) 265-9483