Annual Meeting Funding: Child Care Grants

Annual Meeting Funding: Child Care Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Historical Association
Amount: Up to US $250
Last Updated: September 29, 2025

Summary

The American Historical Association (AHA) offers up to 10 grants of $250 each to support AHA members with childcare expenses during their annual meeting. This initiative aims to assist graduate students, early career historians, and contingent faculty, especially those presenting at the conference. Grants can cover babysitting costs and travel for caregivers, ensuring that attendees with dependents can participate fully in this key professional gathering. Priority is given to those on the program.

Overview

The AHA annual meeting is the largest gathering of historians from across the discipline, and it offers many opportunities to build a professional network, enhance teaching skills, learn about the latest research, and participate in discussions about issues affecting the discipline. The Association offers 10 grants of up to $250 to assist AHA members who have childcare costs during the meeting. The grants are intended to help offset the cost of child care, enabling attendees with dependent children to attend the meeting. History graduates students, early career historians, and contingent faculty are eligible; priority will go to those who are on the program. Priority will go to those who are on the program.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The AHA offers grants to help graduate students, early career and un/underemployed historians, and community college and public high school faculty attend the annual meeting. Only one parent of a child or children may apply for a grant. Allowable expenses include babysitters (on-site at the conference location or child care at home) and airfare/hotel costs for a caregiver to accompany the child to the annual meeting location. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Only AHA members are eligible to apply.

Ineligibility

Not eligible for reimbursement are meals, onsite transportation, and tickets to museums and other attractions, as well as childcare expenses (nanny, babysitter, after-school care) not related to attendance at the meeting. Childcare funds cannot be used to fund travel or other expenses related to the attendee’s participation in the meeting (including meeting registration or other expenses the attendee would already be incurring by attending the meeting). Funds cannot be used for travel expenses for the child or children.