SLAS Postgraduate Grants

Conference Grants | Travel Grants | Postgraduate Bursaries

Conference Grants

SLAS makes available a total of 8 grants worth up to £500 each (£4,000 total) per year to postgraduate members to assist them to attend major conferences held outside the UK, where all other possibilities for funding have been exhausted. To be eligible, you must be: a member of SLAS; a current research student at a UK university (of any nationality); and giving a paper at the conference. Please note that funds are limited, and that SLAS can only offer a contribution towards expenses; the maximum sum available to each applicant is thus £500.

To apply please fill in the application form available here [Word]. There are TWO annual deadlines for applications: 28 February and 28 September each year. Applications referring to conferences to be held within one month of the relevant deadline are ineligible and will be discarded.

Your application form should be sent to the Secretary of SLAS and will be judged by a panel composed of members of the SLAS Committee. Please submit your application BY EMAIL ONLY to Dr Sarah Bowskill at s.bowskill@qub.ac.uk. References should be entered on the application form.

Applications arriving after the deadline will not be considered under any circumstances.

Priority is usually given to applicants who have not previously been in receipt of funds from SLAS. Successful candidates undertake to produce a short report of their research trip, which may be published in the SLAS e-Newsletter.

For any queries, please e-mail: s.bowskill@qub.ac.uk.

SLAS Postgraduate Travel Grants

SLAS makes available a total of 20 grants worth up to £600 each (£12,000 total) per year to postgraduate members to encourage and assist in overseas fieldwork. These awards are aimed at those preparing for a PhD in topics related to Latin American Studies. Applicants must be members of SLAS and based at a UK institution of higher education, but may be of any nationality. Please note that funds are limited, and that the maximum grant available to each applicant is £600.

The criteria for the award are:

Please note that awards MUST be spent on travel costs; other research expenses (for example, specialist language or other training) are ineligible for support.

To apply, please fill in the application form available here [Word]. There is a single annual deadline for applications: 28 February each year.

Your application form should be sent to the Secretary of SLAS and will be judged by a panel composed of members of the SLAS Committee. Please submit your application BY EMAIL ONLY to Dr Sarah Bowskill at s.bowskill@qub.ac.uk. References should be entered on the application form.

Applications arriving after the deadline will not be considered under any circumstances. Priority is usually given to applicants who have not previously been in receipt of funds from SLAS. Successful candidates undertake to produce a short report of their research trip, which may be published in the SLAS e-Newsletter.

For any queries, please e-mail: s.bowskill@qub.ac.uk.

Postgraduate Bursaries

SLAS makes available a total of 20 bursaries worth £165 each (£3,300 total) per year to postgraduate members based at British institutions of higher education (of any nationality) who are presenting papers at the SLAS Annual Conference. These bursaries cover a contribution towards accommodation costs and registration fees; they do NOT cover any travel costs associated with attending the conference.

Candidates for the bursary should complete the form, available here [Word], taking note of the requirement for a referee’s statement of support. There is a single annual deadline for applications: 15 February each year.
Your application form should be sent to the Secretary of SLAS, and will be judged by a panel composed of members of the SLAS Committee. Success will be based on the strength of the application, fit between paper and panel, and financial need.

Please submit your application BY EMAIL ONLY to Dr Sarah Bowskill at s.bowskill@qub.ac.uk. References should be entered on the application form. Each case will be viewed on its merits, and in a change to previous practice, these bursaries are no longer limited to one award per panel.

Applications arriving after the deadline will not be considered under any circumstances.

For any queries, please e-mail: s.bowskill@qub.ac.uk.