Due Date: January 5th, 2025
The Society for Psychological Anthropology is pleased to offer the International Early Career Scholar Travel Grant program funded by a generous donation from an anonymous benefactor. The purpose of the program is to provide funding for international scholars who are early in their careers to travel to the United States to participate in conferences affiliated with the SPA.
The grants will provide funding to pay for all transportation costs, room and board, and conference registration fees for the scholar to present his or her paper or poster at SPA Biennial meetings. The SPA anticipates making two grants annually of approximately $2,000, although it will consider both smaller and slightly larger grants.
Mentorship by a Senior Scholar:
In addition to receiving travel funding, arrangements will be made for each grant recipient to meet with a senior psychological anthropologist in the applicant’s area of study at the conference for the purpose of mentoring and networking.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for the travel grant, the individual must: (1) be presenting a paper or poster at the meeting in question, (2) have received a master’s level graduate degree but be no greater than five years post-PhD, and (3) be a non-United States citizen who is currently working in an academic or applied capacity related to anthropology or attending a graduate school located outside of the United States. Individuals may apply for the grant as many times as they wish, but they may only receive the grant twice. The applicant need not be a member of the SPA or the AAA.
Selection Criteria:
Applicants will be selected based on their potential to contribute to psychological anthropology as a field of study relative to their level of education and experience. When all other factors are judged to be equivalent, the selection committee will select applicants who have not yet received their doctoral degree. Consideration will also be given to select applicants who will increase the representation of scholars from regions of the world who do not typically attend SPA-affiliated conferences.
Application Instructions:
To apply for the grant, please complete the one-page International Early Career Scholar Grant application form (attached below) and provide the following:
- A written statement that concisely outlines the specific professional benefits for participating in the session and describes the potential contribution of the applicant’s current research to psychological anthropology as a field (one single-spaced page maximum)
- A brief curriculum vitae (six pages maximum)
- The abstract for the paper or poster to be presented at the conference
- An estimated budget of the costs to attend the meeting in question. In providing a budget, applicants must provide details on any other source of travel funds for which they have applied or received to attend the meeting.
- A letter of recommendation from someone familiar with applicant’s research. This should be sent directly to the SPA Secretary (contact information below).
All application materials, except for the letter of recommendation (application form, CV, presentation abstract, and budget) must be compiled and submitted as a single pdf. Please label the submitted pdf as: Surname_IECS_2025 (ex: Smith_IECS_2025).
Please send your completed application file to SPA Secretary, Dr. Bridget M. Haas at bmh7@case.edu by January 5, 2025 (11:59pm PST) The subject line of the email should read: “International Early Career Scholar grant submission.” Please ask the person writing the letter of recommendation in support of your application to send their letter directly to bmh7@case.edu by the January 5th deadline.