Eligibility

• Post-doctoral scholars without regard to nationality, residence, or academic discipline
• Fellows must be members of ASECS and ECSSS at the time the fellowship is awarded

Benefits

• Amount: $3000, or an appropriate amount for travel and accommodation

Application Process

• Please fill the application form available here
• Requirements:
  • A minimum of two and a maximum of three confidential references are required
  • Applicants should ask their referees to email their reference to iash@ed.ac.uk by the application deadline
  • At least one referee should come from outside the institution of the applicant
  • Referees should comment on the nature and quality of the research proposal, as well as on the qualifications of the applicant

Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS grant or fellowship in any given year.

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Prize winners are chosen by an independent jury of three scholars from different disciplines after each is seen by readers in the applicant’s field.

Eligibility

• Projects conducting original research on any aspect of 18C Ireland qualify for consideration, but recipients
• Must be members of ASECS who have permanent residence in the United States or Canada or be members of its Irish sister organization

Benefits

• Travel grant, with $2500 in annual funding

Application Process

• Applications consist of a cover letter, a short C.V. (1-3 pp.), a description of the project (3 pp. or less, treating its contribution to the field and work did and to be done during the proposed research period), a one-page bibliography of related books and articles, a short budget, and two signed letters of recommendation
• Please try to submit all the materials but the letters as one Word file or PDF. If the two letters of support cannot be supplied as PDFs of signed letters, the original copies should be mailed to one of the trustees

Note:

• None by academic discipline or sub-period of specialization within 18th-century Ireland. The fellowship is restricted to documentary scholars, whose research centers on primary sources from the eighteenth century (printed matter, manuscripts, buildings, works of art, or other artifacts), rather than on the secondary literature already extant.  There are no restrictions by age, sex, race, religion, or academic rank

• No applicant may accept more than one ASECS grant or fellowship in any given year

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Eligibility

• Only current members of ASECS are eligible for Jam Pot funding

Benefits

• Free conference registration and $300 toward the expense of attending the meeting

Application Process

• Applications for Jam Pot funding must include the following information:
  • Personal Statement (max. 300 words): In addition to explaining their financial need, applicants are invited to describe their academic projects, interest in the ASECS organization, and/or plans for participation in the Meeting (please be sure to include anticipated graduation date);
  • List of other sources of funding being sought and/or already obtained;
  • Budget;
  • Letter of support from a faculty member;
  • Abstract of paper to be presented at ASECS Annual Meeting; and
  • List of professional conferences attended in the past year and titles of papers presented if any

Note: Please submit application materials via email with the header “Traveling Jam Pot Submission” to the ASECS Business Office by 1 November 2020

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The purpose of ASECS – Paula Backscheider Archival Fellowship is to support those researchers whose projects necessitate work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) in foreign countries and/or in the United States.

Eligibility

• All members of ASECS

Benefits

• Travel Fellowship – $1000

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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The purpose of ASECS – Theodore E.D. Braun Research Travel Fellowship is to support researchers, regardless of rank, who are working in French literary studies.

Eligibility

• All members of ASECS

Benefits

• Travel Fellowship – $ 1250

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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The purpose of ASECS – Richard H. Popkin Research Travel Fellowship is to supplement costs for scholars to travel to collections in North America and abroad.

Eligibility

• All members of ASECS

Benefits

• Travel Fellowship – $250

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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The purpose of Aubrey L. Williams Research Travel Fellowship is to support documentary research in eighteenth-century English literature, by scholars based in North America.

Eligibility

• All members of ASECS  resident in North America
• Doctoral students at work on a dissertation in the field of eighteenth-century English literature are restricted

Benefits

• Travel Fellowship – $ 1500

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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The purpose of ASECS – Robert R. Palmer Research Travel Fellowship is to support documentary research related primarily to the history and culture of France.

Eligibility

• All members of ASECS are encouraged to apply

Benefits

• Travel Fellowship – $500

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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The purpose of ASECS – Gwin J. and Ruth Kolb Research Travel Fellowship is to supplement costs for younger eighteenth-century scholars to travel to distant collections in North America and abroad.

Eligibility

• All members of ASECS who are faculty or independent scholars within the first five years of receipt of their Ph.D. Advanced doctoral candidates with a demonstrable need for specific collections necessary for their dissertation also are encouraged to apply

Benefits

• Travel Fellowship – $500

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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Eligibility

• Only members of ASECS in good standing are eligible to apply

Benefits

• Varies according to various grants listed below:

Gwin J. and Ruth Kolb Research Travel Fellowship – $500

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS who are faculty or independent scholars within the first five years of receipt of their Ph.D. Advanced doctoral candidates with a demonstrable need for specific collections necessary for their dissertation also are encouraged to apply
• Purpose:  To supplement costs for younger eighteenth-century scholars to travel to distant collections in North America and abroad

Robert R. Palmer Research Travel Fellowship – $500 

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS
• Purpose:  To support documentary research related primarily to the history and culture of France

Aubrey L. Williams Research Travel Fellowship – $1500

• Eligibility: ASECS members resident in North America
• Purpose: To support documentary research in eighteenth-century English literature, by scholars based in North America
• Restrictions: The fellowship is restricted to doctoral students at work on a dissertation in the field of eighteenth-century English literature

Richard H. Popkin Research Travel Fellowship – $250

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS
• Purpose: To supplement costs for scholars to travel to collections in North America and abroad

Theodore E.D. Braun Research Travel Fellowship – $1250

• Eligibility:  All members of ASECS
• Purpose:  To support researchers, regardless of rank, who are working in French literary studies

Paula Backscheider Archival Fellowship – $1000

• Eligibility: All members of ASECS
• Purpose: To support those researchers whose projects necessitate work in archives, repositories, and special collections (public and private) in foreign countries and/or in the United States

Application Process

• Applicants should submit only one application and will be considered for every grant for which they are eligible.   All application materials and letters of recommendation must be received by 1 January 2020
• All completed applications must include:
  • Application form:  https://goo.gl/forms/xThkn3UmC15ZF6c42
  •  Curriculum vitae
  • Narrative description of the project, its contribution to the field, how much you will have completed by the time of the proposed fellowship, and your plan for using the time of the fellowship
  • A one-page bibliography
  • A budget
• Combine the four supporting documents into a single file (Word or .pdf) and send them to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com
• Two letters of recommendation, to be sent by the recommenders directly to the ASECS Business Office at asecsoffice@gmail.com

​Note: No applicant may accept more than one ASECS travel grant or fellowship in any given academic year.

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