The Japan Art History Forum announces the opening of competition for the 2012 JAHF Graduate Student Travel Grant. This competitive grant is intended to support professional development of JAHF’s graduate student members by offsetting travel and/or accommodation expenses at the annual national conferences of the College Art Association (CAA) and the Association of Asian Studies (AAS).
Application is open to any member of JAHF who is currently pursuing the study of Japanese art or visual culture at the graduate level, and who is scheduled to present a paper at either of these two conference venues. Successful applicants will be awarded up to $400, intended to cover actual travel or accommodation costs. This year, the selection jury will consist of the elected officers on the JAHF board. See terms and conditions for more information.
The application deadline is January 1, 2012. Any applications received with a submission date later than Jan. 1 will not be considered.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please send an email with your application information to the following email address:
jahf.gradstudent.travelgrant@gmail.com
The following information must be included in the body of your message in three sections - no attachments will be opened or read. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Section 1: Personal and Institutional Information
• Applicant's name:
• Applicant's university and department:
• Applicant's academic status ("MA student" or "PhD student", and expected year of graduation):
Section 2: Presentation Details
• Paper title:
• Conference venue (CAA or AAS), title and date of panel:
• Brief abstract of paper (150 words maximum):
• Is this research part of a larger project? (150 words maximum):
Section 3: Financial Resources
If you applying for or have received funding from other institutional sources, please name these sources, as well as the real or potential amount available to you from them (note that your answers here this will not affect your chances to be selected for this grant):
Terms and Conditions
1) Each applicant must be a member of the Japan Art History Forum, and is eligible for only one award per year.
2) Applications who live within 100 miles of the conference site in question are not eligible for this grant.
3) Awardees will be given a maximum of $400, to be distributed in the form of reimbursement. Submission of receipts are required for reimbursement.
4) Awards will be made on the basis of receipts for actual expenses. If awardees benefit from other institutional sources of funding, they are required to disclose these sources and the monetary amount received from them.
5) Applicants may be requested to submit supplementary materials as required to support application.
