SHAC Special ICHC14 Award Scheme – Grants to support attendance at ICHC14 in Valencia, Spain, 11-14 June 2025
Applicants are invited to apply for grants under a Special Award Scheme from the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC) to support attendance of early-career scholars and independent scholars at the 14th International Conference on the History of Chemistry in Valencia, Spain on 11 June to 14 June 2025. Awards of up to £400 will be made as a contribution towards the cost of travel, accommodation, and registration fees for those giving a paper at the conference. Early-career scholars are defined as post-graduate students (both masters and doctoral students) and those who have obtained a PhD since January 2015. Given that the circumstances of independent scholars differ we are letting members ‘self-define’ and if there are any unclear cases it will be left to the discretion of the Awards Panel.
Applicants must be members of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry in good standing at the time of making an application and if successful through the period of the award. For more information and application forms please contact grants[at]ambix.org stating that you are applying for a grant to attend ICHC. SHAC has the expectation that awardees attend the whole conference, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Details of how to join the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry can be found at https://www.ambix.org/subscription/ . Membership enquiries should be made to newjoiner[at]ambix.org
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The timescale for the conference is as follows:
Deadline for submitting conference proposals: 1 December 2024
Notification of acceptance: 5 February 2025
Provisional Programme: March 2025
Early Bird Registration: before 15 April 2025
Late Registration: 16 April 2025-15 May 2025
Final Programme: Late May 2025
NB: Deadlines may change depending on local arrangements.
The deadline for applications to this Award Scheme is 28 February 2025. It is expected that applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application in good time to register for early-bird conference fees which are available until 15 April 2025.
An activity report must be submitted at the end of the conference. This will usually be published in SHAC’s Chemical Intelligence Newsletter.
Please note that applying for a Special ICHC14 Award does not preclude applying to the usual SHAC Award Scheme for 2025. There is also a separate scheme from the Commission on the History of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences (CHCMS) for ICHC14. Applying for the SHAC Scheme does not preclude application for the CHCMS grant and vice versa. However, it should be noted that there are different eligibility requirements for the two schemes. Should an application be made to both schemes, the evaluation process will be co-ordinated between SHAC and CHCMS.
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Award Scheme 2024
Opening date: 1 March 2024
Closing date for applications: 31 May 2024
The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry invites applications for its Award Scheme for 2024. SHAC offers two types of award: support for research into the history of chemistry or history of alchemy by both new and independent scholars and support for Subject Development of either history of chemistry or history of alchemy. It is expected that applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application by 31 July 2024. The Awards are most suitable for activities planned to be undertaken during the period August 2024–September 2025. However, in exceptional circumstances applications for activities planned for June 2024 and July 2024 will be considered. A two year window for completion of all Awards will be given.
Research Awards are open to post-graduate students (both masters and doctoral students), those who have obtained a PhD since 1 January 2014 and also to independent scholars. Given that the circumstances of independent scholars differ we are letting members ‘self-define’ and if there are any unclear cases it will be left to the discretion of the Awards Panel.
Awards of up to £1000 will be made to cover research expenses, including travel, accommodation, subsistence (at the discretion of the award panel), the copying or scanning of documents, and library fees. Applications may also include the costs of reproducing images for publication. The Scheme does not fund the purchase of equipment or course fees. It does not cover the costs of Open Access publication.
In addition, those who have obtained a PhD since 1 January 2014 and independent scholars may apply for the costs of travel to conferences and accommodation, but only in order to give a paper. The Scheme does not pay conference registration fees.
Subject Development Awards of up to £1000 may be made to support activities such as seminars, workshops, colloquia, lecture series, conference sessions, conferences, exhibitions and outreach activities that support either the history of chemistry or history of alchemy as academic subjects. The Awards do not cover the costs of refreshments or catering for these events. The Scheme does not cover the costs of Open Access publication.
Please note that activities covered by the Awards do not have to occur in the UK, and that the Awards are open to members of the Society resident both in the UK and elsewhere. Members who have applied to the Scheme in previous years, whether successfully or not, are entitled to make an application in 2024. Members are only permitted to make one application to each annual Award Scheme.
Applicants must be members of the Society in good standing at the time of making an application, and, if successful, throughout the period of an award. For more information and application forms, please contact grants[AT]ambix.org. Membership enquiries should be made to newjoiner[AT]ambix.org.
An activity report must be submitted at the end of the Award. This will usually be published in SHAC’s Chemical Intelligence newsletter.
To enquire about grants from SHAC, e-mail grants [AT] ambix.org.
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