Graduate Student Conference Support Fund Grant

Graduate Student Conference Support Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Last Updated: November 12, 2025

Summary

The Graduate Student Conference Support Fund, provided by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, aims to assist ABDs and recent PhDs in attending the Annual Meeting. This fund offers free or reduced registration for eligible students. Each year, the number of awards depends on contributions to the fund. Membership in ASECS is required for eligibility, and only one award can be granted to each recipient, ensuring broad access to this valuable support.

Overview

Mission The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, established in 1969, is the foremost learned society in the United States for the study of all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. Our members are literary scholars and writers, historians, theorists of gender, race, sexuality, disability, nation and empire; philosophers and political theorists; art historians and artists; musicologists and musicians; theater historians and practitioners; biographers and bibliographers; and specialists in other humanistic, artistic, and social scientific fields with a range of broad and more particular interests. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment in which all members participate fully in the exchange of knowledge and ideas. Graduate Student Conference Support Fund Every year ASECS members generously replenish the Graduate Student Conference Support Fund (formerly the Traveling Jam Pot), a fund that supports participation in the Annual Meeting by ABDs and PhDs within a year of receipt of the doctoral degree. Awardees receive free or reduced conference registration for the virtual meeting. The number of Graduate Student Conference Support awards granted each year depends on the amount contributed to the fund.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Only current members of ASECS are eligible for Graduate Student conference funding. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

Graduate student members are not eligible to receive more than one Conference Support award.