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Guidelines for Travel Awards for IASA Members to attend the Annual Conference

  1. Travel Award applications will only be accepted from IASA Members (Individual, Institutional and Sustaining) in good standing, meaning dues up to and including the current year have to be paid before the application deadline.
  2. While the aim of IASA is to encourage Members to attend the annual conference by supporting their travel costs, such support must take account of the current financial health of the Association. If your application is successful, IASA will refund between 50% -100% of travel costs (cheapest air or train fare between the applicant's home and the conference venue). Applicants are encouraged to seek additional funding where possible.
  3. IASA will, in addition, waive the grantee's registration fee.
  4. Applications from Members from developing countries*, those presenting a paper, and first-time applicants, will be prioritized.
  5. Applications must be sent in writing (by letter, fax or e-mail) to the Secretary-General in response to the announcement of travel and research grants which are published in the IASA e-Bulletin and on the IASA website. Applications must contain the 100% amount of the travel costs in US$ or Euros, confirmed by an official travel agency. The confirmation of travel agency costs must be submitted with the application form. Please use the Travel Award Application Form (Members only).
  6. Applications by representatives of Institutional and Sustaining Members must be countersigned by the director or a senior officer of their organisation as evidence that their attendance has been authorised.
  7. The Secretary-General will check all applications received by the appointed deadline and will submit them to the Executive Board for discussion and approval.
  8. Applicants will be informed as soon as possible of the result after the Board's decision has been reached. The Board will aim to respond 6 months prior to travel.
  9. IASA will not pay awards in advance of travel.
  10. Copies of the travel documents will have to be presented by the grantee to the IASA Treasurer during the conference. Payment will be effected after the conference, via bank transfer only. Please ensure that the Treasurer receives the correct banking details for re-imbursement. If bank transfer is not possible, please indicate on the application form the method of payment preferred. Note: If 50% of the travel costs were granted, then maximum 50% of receipts presented (up to the granted amount) will be disbursed.
  11. IASA Travel Awards are determined for Members only; accompanying persons have to pay for themselves.

February 2013
5th revision

Updated 15 March 2019

*least developed countries are defined using the World Bank’s Gross Domestic Product (at purchasing power parity) per Capita, which is politically neutral and is updated every year. The value for the World is used as the break point. The list can be downloaded from this page: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?end=2017&name_des...

    2024 Travel Awards

    1. Anita Afonu, Ghana
    2. Benjamin Amakye-Boateng, Ghana
    3. Daniel Ángeles, Mexico
    4. Laura Batitucci, Brazil
    5. Shado Bayane, Botswana
    6. Katherine C’Ailceta, New Zealand
    7. Ketevan Davitashili, USA
    8. Nathan Gibson, USA
    9. Helen Grogan, Australia
    10. George Gyesaw, Ghana
    11. Gisa Jähnichen, Germany
    12. Ana Masiello, Argentina
    13. Casey McNamara, USA
    14. Julia Miller, Australia
    15. Nono Ncala, South Africa
    16. Pio Pellizari, Switzerland
    17. Ogone Phetlhu, South Africa
    18. Marcello Ranieri, Italy
    19. Kamani Samaeasinghe, Sri Lanka
    20. Gabriel Borges Silva, Brazil
    21. Brianna Toth, USA
    22. Lee Watkins, South Africa

    2023 Travel Awards

    1. Lynn Johnson, South Africa
    2. Gita Flam, Israel
    3. John-Francis Goodacre, Sweden
    4. Ogone Phetlhu, South Africa
    5. Gustavo Navarro, Argentina
    6. Shado Bayane, Botswana
    7. Dilyana Kurdova, Bulgaria
    8. Isabel Wschebor, Uruguay
    9. Ilse Assman, South Africa
    10. Mohd Nasser, Malaysia
    11. Helen Grogan, Australia
    12. Zilia Imamutdinova, Russia
    13. Ferenc János Szabó, Hungary
    14. Susan Mvungi, South Africa
    15. Andrea Walker, South Africa
    16. Jing Liu & ZhiChao Fang, China
    17. Susana Belchior, Portugal
    18. Ketevan Davitashvili, Georgia
    19. Ketevan Matiashvili, Georgia
    20. Cristina Martí Martínez, Spain
    21. Allison Schein Holmes, USA
    22. Benjamin Amakye-Boateng, Ghana
    23. Farah Zahra, Iraq
    24. Kelli Hix
    25. Jackie Jay
    26. CK Ming
    27. Nadja šičarov

    2022 Travel Awards

    1. Aisha Miyuki Meyer, USA
    2. Desiree Alexander, USA
    3. J.L. Simonson, USA
    4. Eric Dawson, USA
    5. Audra Adomenas, USA
    6. Cadu Marconi, Brazil
    7. Emily Collins, Canada
    8. Eugenio Amen, Uruguay
    9. Fabricia Malán, Uruguay
    10. Jaione Landaberea, Spain
    11. Xiaoshi Wei, UK
    12. Nathaniel Kpogo Worlanyo, Ghana
    13. Elizabeth Torres, Denmark
    14. Giusi Arvonio, Italy

    2019 Travel Awards

    1. Chinthaka Prageeth Meddegoda, Sri Lanka
    2. Chimwemwe Sumani, Malawi
    3. George Gyesaw, Ghana
    4. Judith Opoku-Boateng, Ghana
    5. Lee Watkins, South Africa
    6. Schalk van der Merwe, South Africa
    7. Rosemarie Roque, Philippines
    8. Shubha Chaudhuri, India
    9. Abhimonyu Deb, India
    10. Ninna de Araújo, Brazil
    11. Marisol Zuniga, Guatemala
    12. Laurie Austin, USA
    13. Miyuki Meyer, USA
    14. Audra Adomenas, USA
    15. Rosie Rowe, USA
    16. Steven Villereal, USA
    17. Andrew Chernevych, Canada
    18. Susana Belchior, Portugal
    19. Marija Duminic, Serbia
    20. Killian Downing, Ireland
    21. Ana Laura Masiello, Argentina  

    2018 Travel Awards

    1. Isaac Machafa, Zimbabwe
    2. Wonder Maguraushe, Zimbabwe
    3. Susan Kibaara, Kenya
    4. Diane Thram, South Africa
    5. Jyldyz Bekbalaeva Kyrgyzstan
    6. Gila Flam, Israel
    7. Rosalinda Rowe, USA
    8. Nicolette Khan, USA
    9. Diane Chester, Australia
    10. Laura Garbes, USA
    11. Katie Young, UK
    12. Peter Laurence, USA
    13. Irfan Zuberi, India
    14. Audra Adomenas, USA

    2017 Travel Awards

    1. Juozas Markauskas, Lithuania
    2. Lauren Sorensen, USA
    3. Cadu Marconi, Brazil
    4. Jennifer Lee Vaughn, USA
    5. Valerie Love, New Zealand
    6. Angélique Bonamy, UK
    7. Diane Thram, South Africa
    8. Thomas Henry, France
    9. Carmen Ordoño, Mexico
    10. Michael Laney, USA
    11. Judith Opoku-Boateng, Ghana
    12. George Gyesaw, Ghana
    13. Karl Fitzke, USA
    14. Luisa Fernanda Ordoñez Ortegon, Mexico
    15. Circe Sánchez, Mexico
    16. Somaya Langley, UK
    17. Tim Nikolsky, Australia
    18. Toby Seay, USA

    2016 Travel Awards

    Recipients of the IASA 2016 Travel Awards:

    1. Gus Urban, Argentina
    2. Verbeke Noortje, VIAA VZW, Belgium
    3. Ingela Utterström, Kungliga biblioteket, Sweden
    4. Lee Watkins, Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa
    5. Iva Horová, Národní technická knihovna, Czech Republic
    6. Janet Topp Fargion, British Library, United Kingdom
    7. Suresh Chandvankar, Mumbai, India
    8. Lamine Wone, Ernst & Young, Senegal
    9. Filip Sír, Virtual The Moravian Library in Brno, Czech Republic      
    10. Gisa Jähnichen, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China
    11. Alessandro Argentini, Italy
    12. Judith Opoku-Boateng, University of Ghana – Ghana
    13. Adam Schutzman, Harvard Business School, USA
    14. Shubha Chaudhuri, Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, India

    2015 Travel Awards

    1. Lamine Wone, Senegal
    2. Sunny Mathew Kunnelpurayidom, India
    3. Pawarisa Nipawattanapong, Thailand
    4. Grace Toland, Ireland  
    5. Rosalinda G. Rowe, New Zealand
    6. Bronwyn Officer, New Zealand
    7. Allison Schein, USA
    8. Grace Radkins, USA
    9. Toby Seay, USA
    10. Tre Berney, USA
    11. Rebecca Feynberg, USA
    12. Aaron M  Bittel, USA
    13. Gisa Jähnichen, Germany
    14. Kevin Bradley, Australia
    15. Zane Grosa, Latvia
    16. Suresh Chandvankar, India
    17. María del Carmen Ordoño Vidaña, Mexico
    18. Judy Namutowe, Zambia

    2014 Travel Awards

    1. Filip Sir, Czech Republic
    2. Marie O'Connell, New Zealand
    3. Bernardo Bortolotti, CPDOC / FGV
    4. Melchor Baltazar Garcia Lopez Jefe de, Mexico
    5. Shubha Chaudhuri, India
    6. Zane Grosa, Latvia
    7. Ndahambelela Hertha Lukileni, Namibia
    8. Janet Topp Fargion, UK
    9. Gus Urban, Argentina
    10. María del Carmen Ordoño Vidaña, Mexico
    11. Julio Delgado Revueltas, Mexico
    12. Collence Chisita, Namibia
    13. Doreen Ernesta, Seychelles
    14. Catherine Belmont, Seychelles
    15. Gisa Jähnichen Malaysia
    16. Toby Seay, USA
    17. Nthabiseng B. Ncala, Kwa-Zulu Natal

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