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SFRA22 Student Paper Award
SFRA student members (both graduate and undergraduate): Please consider submitting your conference presentation from the SFRA22 Oslo conference for consideration for the Graduate Student Paper Award. It’s a great opportunity to have your work honored by your sf peers...
SFRA Treasurer Changeover
Dear SFRA, I wanted to let the organization know that Jess FitzPatrick has stepped back from her role as treasurer. We on the executive committee would like to thank Jess for her work as treasurer, and welcome Tim Murphy (Oklahoma State University) and thank him for...
SFRA Executive Board and Award Committees
Dear Members, Do you see yourself as a committed member of the Science Fiction community? Are you a member of the Science Fiction Research Association and feel like you want to do more? Are you organized, efficient, and communicative? If you answered yes, read on! *...
2022 Award Winners
The 2021 awards were announced at the banquet at the conclusion of the 2022 conference in Oslo, Norway. Congratulations to all winners! SFRA Award for Lifetime Contributions to SF Scholarship Originally the Pilgrim Award, the SFRA Award for Lifetime Contributions to...
Call for Applications (Unpaid Position): SFRA Outreach Officer
UPDATE: The call for the SFRA outreach officer has been extended for another week. If you are interested, let me know! The new deadline is Thursday, March 31. During our bylaw revisions last year we created a number of positions to help modernize the SFRA Executive...
Open Call for Nominations: 2021 SFRA Innovative Research Award
The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) invites nominations for the 2021 Innovative Research Award. The award is announced annually at the SFRA conference and is awarded to the writer (or writers) of the year's best critical essay-length work published in a...
Announcing the SFRA Support a New Scholar Awardee for 2022-23
The SFRA is delighted to announce that Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya is the winner of the Support a New Scholar Award. Congratulations, Dr. Klimchynskaya! Dr. Klimchynskaya is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the...
SFRA Support a New Scholar Program (SNS) for 2021-22
We are pleased to post a call for applications for the SFRA Support a New Scholar Program (SNS), for 2021-22*. This New Scholars Program supports advanced students and scholars of outstanding promise to assist them in taking part as active members of the science...
Coronavirus News
Dear SFRA, Unfortunately, I must write you today with the news that our planned meeting for July 2020 has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The executive committee would like to thank the conference’s local organizers, Rebekah Sheldon and De Witt...
Overview
The Executive Committee of the Science Fiction Research Association invites travel grant proposals to attend and present at the annual conference of the Science Fiction Research Association. Maximum awards of $500 may be given. (In the past the SFRA has considered distance traveled primarily in terms of domestic vs. international travel. Starting with travel awards for the 2019 conference, the geographic criterion has been based on the estimated cost of travel, as one factor among many.)
While you do not need to be a current member of the organization to apply for this grant, please remember that you must be a member of SFRA to present at the conference. Grant checks will be presented to awardees during the conference funded by the grant.
Deadline for this year's grants: March 31st (notifications of awards will be sent around April 30th)
Please organize your proposal as follows:
- A cover page that gives the name of the applicant (please do not identify yourself or your institution in the rest of the proposal), mailing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, distance from the conference; please note your willingness to accept partial funding. Submit your cover page as a separate document from the remainder of your proposal.
- The abstract for your paper (as submitted to the conference director).
- A grant proposal of no more than 300 words in which you explain:
- the financial difficulty you face in attempting to attend the annual SFRA conference and
- the professional growth you intend to receive by attending the conference.
- A realistic, detailed budget for your conference attendance. Be sure to list alternative funding resources you have already applied for and/or received money from.
Criteria for Selection
You may find the following criteria useful in preparing your proposal. The Executive Committee will use these to conduct reviews of all proposals.
- Need: The proposal demonstrates a significant need.
- Distance: The proposal demonstrates that the applicant will have to travel far distances to attend the conference.
- Contribution: The project being presented makes an original contribution to scholarship in the field.
- Professional Growth: The proposal articulates clear objectives for professional growth.
- Cost: Budget expenditures are reasonable and the applicant has also sought funding elsewhere.
- Dollars Available: The organization will attempt to award as many travel grants as possible while remaining fiscally responsible.
Restrictions
No individual or organization may submit more than one proposal for SFRA funding per calendar year (conference travel, research travel, or other grants); this does not prohibit an individual applying for conference travel funding from preparing a small grant application on behalf of a collective to which he or she belongs. The first consideration will go to those who have not received an award in the last three years.
Expectations of Award Recipients
Grant recipients will be expected to do the following:
- Present at the SFRA Conference they are being funded to attend.
- Submit a final written report of 1 to 2 pages to the secretary of the SFRA Executive Committee by September 30 of the calendar year in which they attend and present at the SFRA conference.
Questions should be directed to SFRA Secretary Sarah Lohmann.
Proposals should be submitted to the same, as Rich Text File or Portable Document Format attachments.