This grant of maximum EUR 500 per recipient is intended to allow scholars with limited or no means of financial support to attend Translation Studies conferences or training events. It is only available for fully paid-up EST members for the year of grant application and for scholars meeting the criteria outlined below.
The deadline for applications for conferences and training events in the Congress year is:
15 February 2025.
Eligibility
Applicants must be members of the Society at the time of application (for details, go to “How to join us“ ). Applicants must apply themselves and as individuals. Applicants must either be an enrolled PhD student, a recent PhD graduate, an independent scholar with evidence of current research and no current full-time academic position, or a researcher in a full-time position but with limited access to financial support to attend the conference.
Applications
Applications should be submitted electronically via the Google form here, with an accompanying email to the EST Secretary General (secretary-general@est-translationstudies.org) with the required evidence for the relevant applicant category attached.
The procedure for applying is:
- All sections of the Google form filled in and submitted, especially the letter of motivation and the budget,
- The supporting evidence emailed to the EST Secretary General
Assessment
All complete and eligible applications are assessed using the same decision criteria in the same order. These decision criteria can be found here.
Please note that applications without a clear budget or without a convincing letter of motivation explaining the effect of conference attendance on the research development of the applicant will be rejected.
The final decisions will be ratified by the EST board and announced by the Conference and Training Grant Committee.