WMS & SCMS Travel Grants

The War and Media Studies special interest group will again offer TWO small travel stipends for members accepted into the annual conference. Both stipends will be $100, and the competition will be restricted to our graduate student members and those who are precariously employed. The award will be determined through random selection from among applications received by the annual deadline. 

Update February 3, 2023:

In wonderful news, our previous co-chair Karen Ritzenhoff has generously donated $100 to support a THIRD travel grant. She donates this grant in honor of Eileen Rositzka, a founding WMS member. Please follow the link to read about Eileen’s life and thought-provoking text Cinematic Corpographies: Remapping the Body Through Film.https://www.warandmediastudies.org/?p=372165

 

Eligibility Requirements for Travel Grant Applicants:

  • You must be a full member of both SCMS and the War and Media Studies SIG to apply for a grant
  • You must be presenting a paper, or chairing or participating in a panel, workshop, or roundtable at the annual conference in order to apply.
  • You must be traveling at least 200 miles to attend the annual conference.
  • Graduate students must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time of application and at the time of the conference.
  • Emerita professors are ineligible for travel grants.
  • If you received a War and Media Studies travel grant the previous year, you are not eligible for a grant this year.
  • If you receive an SCMS travel grant or fee waiver (see below for details), you are not eligible for the SIG travel stipend. Let’s spread the love around!  

Application Process:

Click here to access the Travel Grant Application form.

For 2023, all applications are due on or before Friday, February 10 at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. 

All applicants will be notified of their status by the end of February.

Travel grant checks will be available at the annual War and Media Studies SIG business meeting; if you cannot attend the business meeting due to scheduling conflicts, please contact Cortland Rankin to make other arrangements.

All graduate students and precariously employed individuals are encouraged to submit applications for the annual SCMS travel stipend and fee waiver competitions. There are several categories of awards, and their awards are larger amounts. Applications for those awards are usually due at the end of December and can be found at: https://www.cmstudies.org/page/waiver_grants. 

If you win one of the SCMS awards, please rescind your application for the SIG stipend competition via email to Cortland Rankin.