The International Studies Association announces the 2011 grant program. This program supports workshops offering new and innovative collaborative research involving scholars drawn from the global international studies community. Workshops will be held in conjunction with the 2011 ISA Annual Convention in Montréal, Québec, March 16-19.
Scope of 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 of up to $25,000 each and Catalytic Research Workshop Grants of up to $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. Proposals from junior scholars are particularly encouraged. Workshop participants should be drawn not only from ISA's North American membership, but also from other parts of the world and should include junior scholars. All workshops must be held in junction with and at the time of the ISA 2011 Annual Convention. Other requirements are listed in the Workshop Grant Proposal Guidelines (download from Workshop Information menu to the left).
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 (download from Workshop Information menu to the left), 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;
(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
- complete CV(s) of the proposer(s)
- detailed biographical sketches (limited to two pages) for each 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 are encouraged to submit proposals electronically to ISA via e-mail to: International Studies Association / isa@isanet.org.
Submission Format:
- proposals must be submitted in PDF 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.
- Proposals on paper are also accepted; please provide six (6) copies of all materials.
- The proposal, with all required accompanying materials, must be received by July 31, 2010.
When you send the proposal to ISA, also send a complete copy to the committee chair:
Marijke Breuning
CHAIR, FEB 2010-MARCH 2011
Department of Political Science,
University of North Texas
marijke.breuning@unt.edu
If you do not receive a confirmation within ten days (email) that your proposal was received, please contact the committee chair since there may have been problems transmitting the proposals. E-mail queries may also be sent to the Chair. Please use “ISA Workshop Grants” in the subject line.
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2010
All applicants should expect to receive notification as to whether the proposal will be funded in mid September 2010.
Hotels: ISA has negotiated group rates at four hotels. The ISA rate is $169 single, $199 double. For budgeting purposes, please use the tax-inclusive prices of $198 single, $234 double.
