EFE Call for Joseph Watras Travel Grant for Young Scholars

 

The Economics and Finance of Education (EFE) SIG at the CIES would like to invite you to submit applications for the Travel Grant Award in memory of JOSEPH WATRAS.

Our travel grants for emergent scholars (received Ph.D. in the last 5 years) to present and discuss scholarly research at CIES 2018 conference.  EFE SIG members whose proposal was accepted are eligible to apply to the grant. See guidelines below:

In line with CIES’s mission of international participation, the EFE Travel Grant is designed to recognize efforts of an emerging young scholar who needs support for travel to the CIES conference to present the results of scholarly research. This travel grant is awarded by our SIG in memory of Joseph Watras)

 

A. Instructions for Application
 

You should be a member of EFE in order to submit an application. Membership is $10. Only CIES members in good standing are eligible for travel grants.  To join CIES, click here (http://www.cies.us/?page=Join)

The CIES member applicant must also be a member of Economics and Finance of Education (EFE) SIG.

Your application should consist of the official EFE Travel Grant Application Form, your accepted abstract, and acceptance notification from CIES. Please make the email subject “EFE Travel Grant Application” and name the file YourLastName_EFEApp.doc (for example, Smith_EFEApp.doc). Applications must be received by December 1, 2017 (5:00pm EST). Incomplete and late applications will not be considered. Grant recipients will be notified by February 1, 2018.

B. Conditions of Acceptance

Please note that the grant recipient is required to agree to the following conditions:

Membership is a requirement for travel grant eligibility.
The recipient needs to be present at the EFE Business Meeting at CIES 2018 to receive the travel grant, unless the meeting directly conflicts with their own CIES presentation. The location and time for the meeting will be announced to all EFE members by email.

Travel grant recipients will be required to submit a follow-up report of their participation in CIES 2018 within one month after the conference and to contribute in some capacity with EFE the year of their award.

EFE-CIES grant payments will be disbursed directly to the recipients in the EFE business meeting.

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You can download the application form in the link below. 

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After filling out the form, please send it to: iris.hadar@biu.ac.il

 

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