Upcoming qualifying Conferences:
2010 JALT National Conference [Scholarship Application Deadline: June 30, 2010]
2010 IGALA6 [Scholarship Application Deadline: April 30, 2010]
A grant for a maximum of 40,000 yen will be made available to the successful applicant.
The funding is intended to be used to help defray transportation, accommodation and
conference fee costs for the conference. This grant is only available to
GALE members who do not have access to research funds or conference travel
funds from any of their employer(s). In return, the successful applicant MUST give
a presentation on a GALE related topic at the conference [under the content area of
Gender in the case of JALT conferences] and commit to writing an academic research
article based on that presentation to be published in the next edition of the GALE
Journal and Proceedings. [Deadline for Journal letters of intent are annually on Dec. 15].
In order to apply for this scholarship, application materials should include:
1. A signed statement that the candidate does not have access to research funds from another source such as an employer.
2. A signed commitment to give the presentation and write a related research paper to be published in the GALE Journal in the next edition of the GALE Journal and Proceedings.
3. A short introduction including your research interests.
4. A 250 word detailed abstract for presentation and subsequent paper. Make sure that your proposal deals with an issue(s) pertinent to GALE's purpose; It is written clearly, with a specific focus; the research goals are clearly defined; the proposal addresses issues that have not been dealt with before or are dealt with in a unique way. In other words, check that your proposal in some way furthers research or theory in the area of gender awareness.
Download the application form here.
Please send applications materials and enquires to: scholarship@gale-sig.org
If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt email within one week of submission.
Please contact the GALE Coordinator.
All application materials will be blind reviewed and the recipient will be chosen by a panel of three designated GALE members.
Process
Application materials will be checked by the GALE coordinators. Then will be blinded and sent to three GALE members for review. Applicants will be notified of the results within 6 weeks of the deadline of application.
GALE would like to offer one Professional Development scholarship
to each conference that GALE officially participates in.
The purpose of the scholarship is to support research in the
field of gender awareness, to help support GALE members who
do not have research funding.