Funding Available from BAVS

BAVS is committed to supporting scholarship at every level. Funding is available for conferences and seminar series, and a number of bursaries (currently thirteen) are awarded each year to support postgraduates and early career scholars attending the annual conference. The association now also offers funding to support post-doctoral research.

The First Postdoctoral Award Deadline Approaches: Could you benefit from this new source of support for post-doctoral projects? Don't miss the Postdoctoral Award deadline of 1st March 2008 (see below).

Postdoctoral Award

BAVS announces the institution of a small grants scheme for post-doctoral researchers. The aim of the awards is to provide financial support for the research or scholarly activity of post-doctoral researchers working in the field of Victorian Studies broadly defined, who at the time of the award do not have substantial employment in a higher education institution. Four awards of £150 will be made per year. Applications for this round of awards should be made by 1st March 2008.

Further details about the application process are available here.

Conference and Seminar Grants

The British Association of Victorian Studies offers three grants annually of up to £250 towards the expenses of running a conference on Victorian Studies in the UK. We ask for bids from conference organisers of one- or two-day events. The competition is open to academics, graduates and independent scholars. There are two categories of award:

• Open conference grant
  Two grants of up to £200. We ask for bids from conference organisers of one- or two-day events. The competition is open to academics, graduates and independent scholars. Deadlines for applications are 30 November and 31 May each year.
  
• Postgraduate conference grant
  One grant of up to £250 to support a conference organised by, and predominantly for, postgraduate students. Deadline for applications 1 June each year.

Further details, including application form and selection criteria are available here.

Conference Bursaries

The majority of bursaries are awarded to graduate students and early career scholars who are presenting a paper at the annual conference. In addition one or two bursaries are available to those selected to act as conference reporters. These bursaries are awarded by the conference organisers. For details of this year’s conference see here.