Research, Funding, and Awards

  • Deadlines Extended: Aetna Student Writing Contests

    The Aetna Spring Contest deadlines for undergraduate and graduate students have been extended:
    1. The Aetna Graduate Critical Writing Award deadline is now April 4, 2020.
    2. The Aetna Graduate Teaching Award deadline is now also April 4, 2020.
    3. The Aetna First-Year Writing Award deadline is now April 10, 2020.
    Both the Aetna First-Year Writing Award and the Aetna Graduate Teaching Award are open to nominations as well as applications (self-nominations). Please nominate or notify any eligible and interested undergraduate/graduate students of these opportunities. The awards are monetary prizes sponsored by the Aetna Endowed Chair of Writing & the Aetna Foundation.
     
    Please note that our annual Aetna Celebration of Student Writing (ACSW) event has been canceled this year.
     
    Visit or direct interested students to the links above and to writing.uconn.edu for details.
    For more information, contact: Aetna Chair of Writing at aetnachair@uconn.edu