ECREA together with Local organising committee of the ECC 2024 in Ljubljana calls for following grants applications:
- Inclusion of Ukraine-based scholars (LOC)
- YECREA Early-career fee waivers and travel grants (ECREA)
- ECREA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) grants (ECREA)
More about the LOC grants can be found here: https://ecrea2024ljubljana.eu/ecrea-ecc-2024-call-for-grants-applications/
YECREA Early-career fee waivers and travel grants
The ECREA Young Scholars Network (YECREA) and ECREA invite applications for 10 grants and 5 travel for young scholars who are ECREA PhD members and are accepted to present at ECC2024.
- YECREA grants – YECREA will offer 10 grants for early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD) in the form of conference fee waivers. These grants are awarded to PhD students and early-career scholars who lack funding opportunities. At least 5 out of the 10 grants will go to soft-currency ECREA PhD members.
- YECREA travel grants – 5 travel and accommodation grants will be offered by ECREA to early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD). These are awarded to PhD students and early-career scholars who lack funding opportunities. The YECREA travel grant will reimburse travel and accommodation costs up to 300 EUR.
Deadline for application: 15 April 2024.
The applicants are allowed to combine travel grants with the grants in the form of conference fee vouchers.
The grants are intended for YECREA members (visit yecrea.eu/membership to learn how to become a YECREA member) in order to support access to the academic community of media and communication scholars by attending ECREA’s biannual conference from 24th to 27th September 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Grant awards will be made based on several criteria, of which the most important is the applicants’ access to financial resources (e.g. from their home university, third-party funded projects or national funding institutions). The grants will be awarded only to early-career scholars whose presentation has been accepted to the programme of the conference. The applications will not be reviewed in terms of academic quality. However, applicants should preferably have submitted abstracts as first authors to the ECC conference programme.
Travel grants will be provided as reimbursements. The relevant claim form, digitised invoices and receipts documenting actual costs must be submitted electronically to treasurer@ecrea.eu in addition to the submission of the original documents posted to the ECREA accountants: RSM Belgium, Lozenberg, 22 b3, B1932 Zaventem, Belgium. The applicant will be reimbursed up to the amount of the subsidy that was granted to the particular applicant.
Applicants are expected to complete and submit the following Application Forms here:
If selected for a grant, you will be asked to send proof of acceptance to the conference (forwarding the acceptance e-mail) as well as some evidence of your PhD or post-doctoral research status (e.g. proof of enrolment, a letter from your institution, or a link to your home university profile).
To apply, please complete the form no later than 15 April 2024 at 23:59 CEST. We will notify the applicants by 30 May 2024. All grantees should confirm their attendance by 2 August 2024.
ECREA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) grants
ECREA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) grants will be awarded to future attendees who experience barriers and biases to participation and those who come from underrepresented groups. To facilitate participation of individuals identifying with this category we hope to make ECREA more equitable, diverse and inclusive. The EDI grants are in addition to the already existing Young Scholar support initiatives, so if you are an Early Career scholar (PhD Student or up to 1 year after completing your PhD), we suggest you apply to YECREA grants (see above).
For everyone else:
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) grants – 15 grants in the form of conference fee vouchers will be offered by ECREA to scholars who would otherwise have difficulties accessing the conference.
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) travel grants – 5 travel and 5 accommodation grants will be offered by ECREA to scholars who would otherwise have difficulties accessing the conference.
Applicants are allowed to combine travel grants, accommodation grants and the grants in the form of conference fee vouchers.
Applications deadline: 15 April 2024.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/tVFAu7hiYCbzTiZG6
