HGRG-ICHG Bursary Scheme

Following the unprecedented success of the ICHG London, HGRG is delighted to announce that it has encouraged and enabled the creation of a new bursary grant fund to support scholars’ attendance at the 17^th International Conference of Historical Geographers: http://ichg2018.uw.edu.pl

Grants up to a maximum of £1,500 will be available to successful applicants to attend the International Conference of Historical Geography to be held in Warsaw, Poland, 15-20 July 2018.

The application form can be downloaded from the HGRG website:   https://hgrg.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/

Eligible applicants include:

1. Academic participants from under-represented areas (especially those resident in Africa, South Asia, South America, Central America and the Caribbean).

2. Students working towards a doctoral degree.

3. Post-doctoral early career researchers within five years of completion of the doctoral degree (or longer for those who have had one or more distinct career breaks resulting from a period of maternity or other family leave, family commitments, illness, or other exceptional circumstances).

4. Low-income participants with no other source of funding.

The awards can be used to cover:

·       Conference fee

·       Visa fees

·       Accommodation and Subsistence

·       Transport

·       Conference Dinner

·       Mid-conference study visits and fieldtrips (see http://ichg2018.uw.edu.pl/excursions/ )

·       Travel insurance

Applicants are expected to evidence a thorough investigation of other obvious sources of funding in their applications and to indicate matched sources of funding that is available. To take up the award (though not to apply for it), successful applicants must:

1.     Have had their paper accepted for the conference

2.     Book their own travel, accommodation and insurance

3.     Submit a short report after the conference to be considered for publication in the HGRG newsletter or equivalent

4.     Agree to provide proof of costs in the form of receipts, boarding pass and travel documentation to reclaim expenditure following the conference. We will only be in a position to reimburse costs with this documentation. We are only able to reimburse people who have attended the conference and applicants must take out travel insurance to cover loss of expenditure if they are unable to travel.

The application form (see  https://hgrg.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/) should be returned to the panel chair, Dr Nicola Thomas, by the deadline of 31^st October. You are requested to include a letter of support from your PhD supervisor or Head of Department with your application. Please send your application by email to [log in to unmask]   with the subject line: HGRG-ICHG Bursary Scheme