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Graduate students, independent scholars, and contingent faculty are invited to apply for a BWWA travel grant for BWWC 2018. The deadline for travel grant submissions is February 16, 2018. The details below are also listed on the conference website.

To qualify for a BWWA travel grant, applicants must:

• Be currently enrolled as full time graduate students;
• Be currently employed in non-tenured, part-time, or adjunct positions; or
• Have completed their doctorates within the last ten years and be unaffiliated with any university.

Please submit the following information as an attachment to lisa.hager@uwc.edu by February 16, 2018:

• A copy of your conference proposal
• A brief cover letter specifying:
– Award being applied for: Graduate Student Travel Award or Independent Scholar/ Contingent Faculty Travel Award
– Information regarding your previous affiliation with the BWWA
– Anticipated travel distance
– Any other pertinent details of employment.

Submission Directions:

• All of the application documents should be part of one single attachment file.
• The attachment should be a MS Word doc or Adobe pdf.
• The file name should start with the applicant’s last name (ex. smith_bwwcapp.doc).
• The subject line of the email should indicate:
– Award being applied for: Graduate Student Travel Award or Independent Scholar/ Contingent Faculty Travel Award
– Period that best fits the project: early to mid 18th-century, late 18th-century to early 19th-century, mid 19th-century to early 20th-century