Grants for Conference Participation of African Scholars
The Organising Committee of the European Conference on African Studies 2011 is pleased to have secured funding to support the participation of African scholars in the 4th European Conference on Africa Studies 2011 (ECAS 4) in Uppsala in June 2011.
The funding has been made available from Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), the Research Council of Norway (the subsidy from the Research Council of Norway applies to female scholars only), and AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies).
The purpose of the grants is to support participants who have no other available sources of funding for attending the conference. The grants contribute towards travel expenses, accommodation, conference fees, and per diem. The maximum grant amount is Swedish Krona (SEK) 15 000 (approximately EUR 1600) per participant.
General requirements for funding
To apply you must satisfy the following criteria:
- You must be either a panel organiser or a paper presenter during the conference. As a secondary priority panel discussants may also be considered.
- You must be a citizen of an African country.
- You must currently be working/studying in an African country (exceptions can be made for African scholars temporarily affiliated to an institution on another continent).
Deadline for grant applications
You are now welcome to apply for a grant by filling out the following form:
Grant Application Form (pdf will open in new window).
Completed forms should be sent to ECAS4@nai.uu.se. We need your application no later than 15 March 2011. Please write “ECAS4 Grant Application” as subject in your e-mail.
Please note that the process of evaluating the grant applications will not commence until the evaluation of paper proposals is finalized. (You will be notified whether your paper has been approved or not no later than 28 February 2011.) Also note that if you have applied for a grant and your paper is not approved, you will no longer be eligible for the grant.
Notification on whether you have been approved for a grant or not will be sent to you by e-mail no later than 15 April 2011.
Please read the following information carefully
- Please note that there will be no advance payments of the grants. The grant will be transferred to your bank account after the conference is concluded (unless other arrangements for the payment are priorly agreed upon).
- When sending your application, please provide us with proof of your affiliation to a registered institution or university, preferably a confirmation letter from your institution/university. This can be scanned and included in the email, alternatively faxed to +46 18 56 22 90, or sent by mail to:
The Nordic Africa Institute
Attn: Ida Hansson
P O Box 1703
SE-751 47 Uppsala
Sweden
- The grants are based on actual costs, and hence the sizes of the grants will vary in relation to your travel expenses.
- We will only reimburse travel expenses up to a value of SEK 10 000 (approximately EUR 1 060), and other conference related expenses up to a maximum amount of SEK 5 000.
- We will only reimburse flight tickets in economy class.
- When you have been notified that you have received a grant, we need you to provide us with receipts for your travel expenses.
- The grants are based on SEK amounts. Note that the EUR amounts stated above are approximate and exchange rates may vary. The conference organisers are not responsible for any changes in rates that may occur. (For current exchange rates, please visit www.oanda.com or www.x-rates.com)