College of Letters

GRANTS & PRIZES

Grants from the William Lankford memorial Fund

Thanks to the generosity of a COL alumnus, a fund exists to assist currently enrolled COL students who have demonstrated financial needs. A limited number of small grants can be made in any given academic year. Lankford grants are intended to supplement other sources of funding.

Eligible Academic Purposes:

  1. Expenses incurred in the preparation of senior thesis or senior essay projects (e.g.: travel necessary for research)
  2. Expenses incurred for travel of other requirements of programs for study abroad, provided such expenses are not covered either by the pertinent academic program or by grants from the Office of International Studies at Wesleyan

Application process:

  1. Lankford grants are made at the discretion of the Director of the College of Letters upon receipt of a written application stating academic purpose, proposed budget, and other sources of funding.
  2. There are 2 allocations from available funds during the academic year, one each semester. Deadlines for applications: October 15 and May 1.

The Echart Prize

Every year, the COL is pleased to award the Kevin Echart Memorial Prize to the graduating College of Letters senior who best exemplifies the intellectual curiosity and range, the pleasure of colloquy, the capacity for admiration and skepticism, and the moral seriousness and love of books that we honored in our late colleague and seek to foster in the students of the College of Letters.