ITLSC AAS 2024 funding opportunities
Call for ITLSC Travel Awards and Graduate Student Paper Prize 2024
The ITLSC will be offering聽two funding opportunities聽and聽one graduate student paper prize聽in conjunction with the upcoming annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) held on March 14-17th, 2024 in Seattle, WA.
(1)聽聽聽The ITLSC Graduate Student Travel Award:
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅犅營t provides up to $500 in travel funds to assist a graduate student (conventionally an advanced doctoral student) presenting a paper on Indonesia or Timor-Leste at the conference. Applicants should submit: (a) a current CV; (b) information regarding any other financial support received for attending the conference; and (c) a brief description of their participation in the conference (e.g., presenting a paper, organizing a panel) (approximately聽250 words) (d) their paper/panel abstract. All materials must be sent to聽indotimorleste@gmail.com聽no later than聽February 5, 2024.听
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燨riginal receipts will be required for reimbursement after the conference. Standard AAS travel/grant policies apply when deciding on eligible travel expenses聽().听For students already receiving a travel grant from the AAS, receipts cannot be refunded twice.
(2)聽聽聽ITLSC Fund for Scholars Traveling from Asia:
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅犅營t provides up to $1000 to assist a scholar traveling from Indonesia or Timor-Leste to participate in the 2024 AAS conference. Applicants should submit (a) a current CV; (b) information regarding any other financial support received for attending the conference; and (c) a brief description of their participation in the conference (e.g., presenting a paper, organizing a panel, acting in other official capacity) (Approximately 250 words). All materials must be sent to聽indotimorleste@gmail.comno later than聽February 5, 2024.听
鈼徛犅犅犅犅犅燨riginal receipts will be required for reimbursement. Standard AAS travel/grant policies apply when deciding on eligible travel expenses(). 聽For scholars already receiving a grant from the AAS (e.g., LDC travel grant), receipts cannot be refunded twice.
(3)聽Graduate Student Paper Prize:聽Graduate students presenting at AAS 2024 may be eligible for the ITLSC Graduate Student Paper Prize.听聽聽聽
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Eligibility criteria include:
鈥 To have presented the paper at the AAS 2024 Conference in Seattle.
鈥 To be a current graduate student, or to have completed the PhD within the last two years without currently holding a tenure track position (i.e., post-docs are eligible).
鈥⒙犅犅犅犅犅燳our submission should be a revised version of the paper presented at the conference. Submissions should be 7-8,000 words.
鈥⒙犅犅犅犅犅營n addition to formal recognition, the Prize includes a cash award of $250.
路聽聽聽聽聽聽If you received graduate student travel funding for the AAS 2024 Conference, you are not eligible to apply for this prize.
鈥⒙犅犅犅犅犅燩apers must be submitted to聽indotimorleste@gmail.com聽no later than聽April 1st, 2024.
Travel funding decisions will be made around early-February. Please direct any queries and requests for further information to聽indotimorleste@gmail.com听辞谤听khamayotsu@gmail.com.听
We will announce the business meeting and reception schedules as the conference gets closer. We look forward to seeing you all in Seattle!聽聽
Executive Board, ITLSC
Kikue Hamayotsu, Ph.D. (chair)聽
Claire Marie Hefner, Ph.D. (secretary-general)聽
Rebakah Daro Minarcheck, Ph.D. (Treasurer)