AVSA offers travel grants to scholars in the following categories to attend annual AVSA conferences:
• students currently enrolled in a postgraduate research degree at a university;
• scholars without institutional funding (SWIF), e.g. retired or unwaged academics, sessional tutors, PhD students awaiting examination, postdoctoral researchers.

Travel Grants of $500 are usually offered to assist with travel expenses for students or Scholars Without Institutional Funding who have been accepted to present at an AVSA conference.

Application details will be circulated via Facebook and Twitter when the next round of funding opens.

• not eligible in first year of postgraduate study;
• not eligible if they have access to funding from their university;
• not eligible if they have had a previous AVSA conference travel grant;
• brief letter/email of support from supervisor required (to provide evidence of student’s progress and confirm that funding not available);
• one-page CV required
• high quality abstract, relevant to the conference theme.

• must be ineligible for conference funding from an institution, e.g. retired, unwaged, sessional tutors, PhD students awaiting confirmation of degree;
• one-page CV, including referees and previous conference participation, required.
• high quality abstract, relevant to the conference theme.