RE: ISA 2017: Theme of 2017 is Understanding Change in World Politics.
Like last year's successful call, this is an open call for paper proposals for a Presidential Panel on Global South conceptualizations of GLOBAL CHANGE in the global south. Since the end of the Cold War, much has changed in the global system (moves toward multipolarity, rise of nonstate actors etc) but much has remained the same (inequality!) This panel will focus on these contradictory impulses from theoretical and practical perspectives.
We will select four of the most innovative and geographically representative paper proposals from your submissions. For more information on the theme of the Baltimore conference, see www.isanet.org/Conferences/Baltimore-2017/Call. Your proposals (just a title, a paragraph of less than 200 words, along with your name and affiliation) should be sent to jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu by April 25th. We know that this does not give you much time and we do apologize but we have just received the call and wish to give everyone a chance to participate rather than the usual process of designating a handful of senior people to present at such panels. Of course, we also take this opportunity to remind you that the deadline for other proposals for ISA 2016 is June 1st.
We will select four of the most innovative and geographically representative paper proposals from your submissions. For more information on the theme of the Baltimore conference, see www.isanet.org/Conferences/Baltimore-2017/Call. Your proposals (just a title, a paragraph of less than 200 words, along with your name and affiliation) should be sent to jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu by April 25th. We know that this does not give you much time and we do apologize but we have just received the call and wish to give everyone a chance to participate rather than the usual process of designating a handful of senior people to present at such panels. Of course, we also take this opportunity to remind you that the deadline for other proposals for ISA 2016 is June 1st.
Again, send proposals to jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu.Thank you.
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ISA RESEARCH WORKSHOP GRANT
PROGRAM
2016 – 2017 GRANT COMPETITION
The International Studies Association announces the deadline for 2016 – 2017
grants to support workshops for collaborative research that is new and
innovative and involves scholars who are drawn from the global international
studies community.2016 – 2017 GRANT COMPETITION
Workshops are no longer required to be held in conjunction with the ISA Annual Convention (held in Baltimore, Maryland, February 22nd - 25th). They may be held at an alternate location or time, almost anywhere in the world.
Scope of Awards
ISA created the Workshop Grants program in 1992 to promote the interaction of scholars from different parts of the global international studies community. At the annual ISA meeting in Chicago in 2007, the Governing Council substantially expanded and restructured the Workshop Grant Program, more than doubling the total amount of funds available. Two categories of grants were established: Venture Research Workshop Grants in the neighborhood of $25,000 each and Catalytic Research Workshop Grants of around $10,000 each. Venture Research Workshop Grants are targeted for projects that venture into emerging and potentially transformative research areas or preliminary work on untested and novel and path-breaking ideas. The goal is to support truly innovative research that has the potential to make a significant leap or paradigm shift and move the frontiers of knowledge forward. Catalytic Research Workshop Grants target projects that aim to apply new expertise or new approaches to established research topics and are likely to catalyze rapid and innovative advances. Funds may be used to support several types of workshops: to bring together authors for an edited volume; to plan for a collaborative research project; or to stimulate new approaches to the substance and analysis of a topic. Both types of grants aim to bring together small groups of participants focusing on a significant research problem that stimulates cross-national examination or perspectives and engages the interests of several disciplines. Topics should be sufficiently well focused to allow in-depth exploration during the time proposed for the workshop. All participants are expected to present a fully-developed scholarly paper on a relevant topic in order to attend the workshop. The workshop, itself, is expected to result in significant scholarly outputs, such as a book-length manuscript and scholarly articles.
Eligibility
Proposal submitters and all proposed workshop participants must be ISA members. Workshop proposals ideally include scholars from different countries/regions of the world and scholars who are at different stages of their careers.
Starting this year, workshops are no longer required to be held in conjunction with the ISA Annual Convention. They may be held at an alternate location, or at a different time of the year. More detailed requirements are outlined in the “Core Proposal Guidelines[isanet.org].”
Funding
Grants will be awarded annually by ISA's Research and Workshop Grant Committee. Funding may be used to provide lodging and per diems, and other research-related expenses. Please consult the “Core Proposal Guidelines[isanet.org]” for limitations and restrictions. Funds will generally be available for up to eighteen months from the time grants are made. A proportion of the grant award may be held until the final Workshop Grant Report has been received at ISA headquarters.
Format
Complete proposals must include:
(1) All coversheet documents
(2) Five-page core proposal
Core proposals should not be more than five pages
(single-spaced). Core proposals must specify: (1) the theme, purpose and
objectives of the workshop, (2) the need for and intellectual significance of
the meeting and how and in what ways the project is new, innovative and/or
path-breaking and will expand knowledge and understanding in one of more
fields; (3) how it relates to previous research and theoretical developments,
including a list of any recent meetings or publications on the same topic; (4)
the format of the workshop, including a statement of how the meeting will be
organized and conducted as well as how other ISA members (especially
junior scholars, scholars from various disciplines and nationalities and
underrepresented minorities) who are interested in the topic may be included on
a space-available basis; and (5) how the results of the meeting will be
disseminated in order to benefit the larger ISA community and contribute to the
enhancement and improvement of knowledge in the field.
(3) Budget and detailed itemized budget justification(4) Complete references in proper standard citation form
(5) Statement of the amount of support (if any) requested and/or committed from any other sources
(6) Statement on letterhead or in the form of personal emails from each proposed collaborating individual or organization confirming a commitment to participate in the form proposed. Participants must also confirm that they are responsible for their own travel expenses, that they are a member of ISA, and that they will register (and pay for their own registration fees) for the annual meeting by the conference preregistration deadline (if the workshop is being held in conjunction with the ISA annual convention). Statements are also required for alternate participants.
Pending grant manager approval, organizers may substitute participants to the workshop after the grant is submitted. Proposers are encouraged to identify up to two alternate participants to take the place of participants that withdraw from the workshop at a later date. ISA Headquarters must be notified of this change at least ten weeks prior to the day of the workshop.
(7) Complete CV(s) of the proposer(s)
(8) Biographical sketches (limited to two pages) for each participant (and alternate participant), including current affiliation, contact information, educational background, professional positions and appointments, relevant publications with complete citations and a list of examples that demonstrate the broader impact of the individual's professional and scholarly activities that focus on the creation, integration and transfer of knowledge.
Contact
Applicants must submit proposals electronically to Maria Rublee, the Research and Workshop Committee Chair, at m.rublee@monash.edu, using a PDF document format. You should CC ISA headquarters at isa@isanet.org The entire proposal must be contained in a single document file; please do not send multiple files containing various components of the proposal since these are difficult to manage. The proposal, with all required accompanying materials contained in the single PDF, must be received by the Committee Chair by July 31, 2016.
If you have any questions about the workshop proposal or submission process, please contact the committee chair, Maria Rublee.
Maria Rost Rublee
Senior lecturer
School of Social Science
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Email: m.rublee@monash.edu
If you do not receive an email confirmation within ten days that your proposal was received, please contact the committee chair since there may have been problems transmitting the proposals. Email queries may also be sent to the Chair. Please use “ISA Workshop Grants” in the subject line.
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2016
All applicants should expect to receive notification as to whether the proposal will be funded by September 17, 2016.
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