Supported by the\u00a0Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy\u00a0(BEIS) and the\u00a0Wellcome Trust, the British Academy Conferences scheme provides an opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a pivotal event of lasting significance in their field, as a central part of the Academy\u2019s events programme.<\/p>\n
Successful conferences will bring together scholars from around the world to present and discuss new research in the humanities and social sciences. Held either at the British Academy\u2019s own premises in London, at other British venues, or online, these landmark events will offer students, scholars and specialists an opportunity to learn about the latest developments in their subject areas and to expand their academic networks.<\/p>\n
Awards for a strand of British Academy \/ Wellcome Trust Conferences are available for events which foster discussion and debate on health and wellbeing related themes.<\/p>\n
Proposals should be for one or two-day conferences that will take place\u00a0either<\/span><\/em>\u00a0at the British Academy\u2019s own premises in London,\u00a0or<\/span><\/em>\u00a0at other British venues\u00a0or<\/span><\/em>\u00a0online.<\/p>\n Awards are open to postdoctoral scholars (or equivalent) who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n Applications require the approval of the applicant’s employing institution, but are not limited to those of any particular status (e.g. Lecturer, Professor etc).<\/p>\n Proposals should have an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary dimension \u2013 preferably embracing both humanities and social sciences disciplines.<\/p>\n Up to \u00a320,000 per conference is available for British Academy \/ BEIS conferences. For conferences on health and wellbeing under the British Academy \/ Wellcome Trust scheme, the upper limit of awards is \u00a330,000.<\/p>\n Applications must be submitted online using the British Academy\u2019s online\u00a0Flexi-Grant\u00ae Grant Management System\u00a0(GMS) system by the deadline of 26<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0January 2022 (5pm UK time).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Supported by the\u00a0Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy\u00a0(BEIS) and the\u00a0Wellcome Trust, the British Academy Conferences scheme provides an opportunity for UK-based scholars to run…
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