Assistance for Part-Time and Contingent Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members, for Unemployed Members and for Non-U.S. Residents Traveling to the Conference

The ACLA has allocated funds to provide partial travel reimbursement of up to $200 to Part-Time and Contingent Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members, for Unemployed Members and for non-U.S. residents to attend the annual conference. To be eligible, applicants must be current members of the ACLA and must be presenting a paper at the annual conference. They must teach less than full-time, be non-tenure-track faculty members, or be unemployed. Funds are available to cover up to 15 awards; if more members apply, priority will be given to applicants who have not received a grant, including a graduate student travel grant, in the previous five years. If necessary, recipients will be selected in a random manner. Eligible applicants not selected in any given year will be given priority in the following year, provided they still meet the eligibility requirements.

Please Note: ACLA is no longer accepting travel grant applications for the 2008 conference.

In addition to the completed application, members should send a brief statement stipulating that they are part-time or non-tenure-track faculty members or are unemployed. As part of the application, members must provide proof of having requested matching funds, when relevant.

How to Apply

1. Send the following information in the body of an email to info@acla.org with the subject line, "ACLA 2008 Travel Grant Application":

• Name
• Home Address
• Email Address
• Phone number
• Fax number (if available)
• University Affiliation (if applicable)
• Title of paper
• Title of panel and session organizer

2. Include a brief statement stipulating that you are a part-time or non-tenure-track faculty member, or are an independent scholar/unemployed, to info@acla.org.

3. When relevant, provide proof of having requested matching funds.

To submit via Fax/Mail:

ACLA Secretariat
University of Texas at Austin
Program in Comparative Literature
1 University Station B5003
Austin, TX 78712-1096


or fax to 512-471-8878.

All applications must be received in the ACLA office by 1 February 2008. .