2012-2013 GRANT COMPETITION
The International Studies Association announces the 2012–2013 workshop grant program to support workshops intended to demonstrate collaborative research that is new and innovative and involves scholars who are drawn from the global international studies community. Workshops will be held in conjunction with the 2013 ISA Annual Convention in San Francisco, California, April 3-6.
Scope of the Awards
ISA created the Workshop Grants program in 1992 to promote the interaction of scholars from different parts of the global international studies community. At the annual ISA meeting in Chicago in 2007, the Governing Council substantially expanded and restructured the Workshop Grant Program, more than doubling the total amount of funds available. Two categories of grants were established: Venture Research Workshop Grants in the neighborhood of $25,000 each and Catalytic Research Workshop Grants of around $5,000 each. Venture Research Workshop Grants are targeted for projects that venture into emerging and potentially transformative research areas or preliminary work on untested and novel and path-breaking ideas. The goal is to support truly innovative research that has the potential to make a significant leap or paradigm shift and move the frontiers of knowledge forward. Catalytic Research Workshop Grants target projects that aim to apply new expertise or new approaches to established research topics and are likely to catalyze rapid and innovative advances. Funds may be used to support several types of workshops: to bring together authors for an edited volume; to plan for a collaborative research project; or to stimulate new approaches to the substance and analysis of a topic. Both types of grants aim to bring together small groups of participants focusing on a significant research problem that stimulates cross-national examination or perspectives and engages the interests of several disciplines. Topics should be sufficiently well focused to allow in-depth exploration during the time proposed for the workshop. All participants are expected to present a fully-developed scholarly paper on a relevant topic in order to attend the workshop. The workshop, itself, is expected to result in significant scholarly outputs, such as a book-length manuscript and scholarly articles.
Eligibility
Proposal submitters and all proposed workshop participants must be ISA members. Workshop proposals ideally include scholars from different countries/regions of the world and scholars who are at different stages of their careers. All workshops must be held in conjunction with the ISA 2013 Annual Convention, on the day preceding the conference. Other requirements are listed in the Workshop Grant Proposal Guidelines. Proposals will be evaluated according to the criteria listed in the Workshop Grants Rating Scheme (MS Word).
Funding
Grants will be awarded annually by ISA's Workshop Grant Committee. Funding may be used to provide lodging and per diems, pay for research-related travel [when compelling justification is given] as well as other workshop costs. Please consult the Workshop Grant Proposal Guidelines for limitations and restrictions. Funds will generally be available for up to eighteen months from the time grants are made. A proportion of the grant award may be held until the final Workshop Grant Report has been received at ISA headquarters.
Format
Core proposals should be not more than five pages (single-spaced) in addition to the three-page coversheet document (doc), budget and detailed budget justification and other supporting materials as required.
Proposals must specify: (1) the theme, purpose and objectives of the workshop, (2) the need for and intellectual significance of the meeting and how and in what ways the project is new, innovative and/or path-breaking and will expand knowledge and understanding in one of more fields; (3) how it relates to previous research and theoretical developments, including a list of any recent meetings or publications on the same topic; (4) the format of the workshop, including a statement of how the meeting will be organized and conducted as well as how other ISA members (especially junior scholars, scholars from various disciplines and nationalities and underrepresented minorities) who are interested in the topic may be included on a space-available basis; and (5) how the results of the meeting will be disseminated in order to benefit the larger ISA community and contribute to the enhancement and improvement of knowledge in the field.
Complete proposals must also include:
- all coversheet documents
- the five-page core proposal
- budget and detailed itemized budget justification
- complete references in proper standard citation form
- statement of the amount of support (if any) requested and/or committed from any other sources
- statement on letterhead or in the form of personal emails from each proposed collaborating individual or organization confirming a commitment to participate in the form proposed. Participants must also confirm that they are responsible for their own travel expenses, that they are a member of ISA, and that they will register (and pay for their own registration fees) for the annual meeting by the conference preregistration deadline. Statements are also required for alternate participants.
Proposers are allowed to identify up to two alternate participants who may take the place of participants that withdraw from the workshop at a later date. ISA Headquarters must be notified of this change at least ten weeks prior to the annual meeting. Alternates are not guaranteed a place at the workshop (or reimbursement) unless ISA is notified by the ten week deadline. - complete CV(s) of the proposer(s)
- biographical sketches (limited to two pages) for each participant (and alternate participant), including current affiliation, contact information, educational background, professional positions and appointments, relevant publications with complete citations and a list of examples that demonstrate the broader impact of the individual's professional and scholarly activities that focus on the creation, integration and transfer of knowledge.
Items 1 and 3–8 need not be included in the five-page limit.
Applicants must submit proposals electronically to Cameron Thies, the Workshop Committee Chair, at cameron-thies@uiowa.edu, using a MS WORD document format. The entire proposal must be contained in a single document file; please do not send multiple files containing various components of the proposal since these are difficult to manage. The proposal, with all required accompanying materials contained in the single PDF, must be received by the Committee Chair by July 31, 2012.
If you have any questions about the workshop proposal or submission process, please contact the committee chair, Cameron Thies.
Cameron G. Thies
Professor & Chair
University of Iowa
Department of Political Science
341 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, IA 52245
Email: cameron-thies@uiowa.edu
Phone: 319-335-2358
If you do not receive an email confirmation within ten days that your proposal was received, please contact the committee chair since there may have been problems transmitting the proposals. Email queries may also be sent to the Chair. Please use “ISA Workshop Grants” in the subject line.
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2012
All applicants should expect to receive notification as to whether the proposal will be funded by the end of September 2012.
