UW-Madison student Daniel Lecoanet will spend the 2010-‘11 school year in the United Kingdom participating in a mathematical program with scholars from around the world.
Lecoanet is the winner of the Winston Churchill Scholarship awarded to exceptional science, mathematics or engineering students. He is one of only three in UW-Madison's history and the first in more than 30 years.
According to the Churchill Scholarship website, winners also typically have a grade point average of at least 3.7, have extensive laboratory experience and possess outstanding personal qualities.
Lecoanet, who is one of only 14 Churchill Scholars from the United States, is currently double majoring in physics and mathematics with honors.
He is also an active participant in chemistry research at UW-Madison and has won research funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education.
The $50,000 scholarship will pay for Lecoanet's tuition at the University of Cambridge, his living expenses and travel.
