GUIDELINES
http://international.illinois.edu/faculty/ipsconf.html
International Programs & Studies (IPS)
International Conference Grants
A modest amount of money is available through International Programs & Studies
(IPS) to support small conferences involving leading experts on important topics of current
scholarly interest that have a substantive international content. The original source of these
funds is an endowment initiated by a grant from the Hewlett Foundation that was matched
by university funds and private donations.
The intent is to foster conferences where 6-8 leading figures in the selected area
participate in presentations and discussions for 2-3 days on campus. It is encouraged that
some of these leading figures be from countries other than the U.S. Each participant would
be expected to present an original paper, prepared and made available in advance of the
conference and open to critique from others. Inasmuch as the conference should treat a
topic in which there is substantial interest and expertise on this campus, at least two of the
participants should be Illinois faculty members. Substantial priority will be given to
proposals for conferences to be held on the Illinois campus, and support for annual
meetings will be generally discouraged. It is expected that the papers presented at the
conference (possibly together with subsequent discussion) will be published or made
available to the wider scholarly community. One aspect of the budget for the event, then,
could well be support for publication, in order to encourage swift production of a timely
and important volume of studies.
The conference need not be a public event in the usual sense, although
arrangements should be made for interested Illinois faculty and students to attend. In
addition, planning should include public lectures by some of the participants, receptions in
the relevant departments and activities that would provide for interaction with Illinois
students, in order to encourage broader interactions with the visiting scholars. For
example, the Global Crossroads Living and Learning Community would be one venue for
visiting scholars to interact with students.
The budget for the conference that will be supported by IPS can include travel
costs, local costs such as living expenses, and publication costs plus other direct expenses
needed to implement a conference. Honoraria for presenting papers will not be supported
by Hewlett funds. Any department, or combination of units, can submit proposals, but each
proposal must include a funding plan that includes support from other sources (e.g.
Research Board, departmental units), and designate a person (or persons) responsible for
arrangements. Financial support is available to a maximum of $12,000 per award.
A committee convened by IPS will review all proposals and make
recommendations on awards. The deadline for proposal applications will be Monday,
December 16, 2013. Recipients will be announced in February 2013. Funds are awarded
for conferences proposed for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Although the range of topics is not restricted, the topic must deal with an issue of
significant importance for international studies. Preference will be given to new topics not
addressed in recently funded conferences. Attached is a listing of conferences funded
during the past five years.
The plan over time for these conferences envisages a series of occasional
publications identifiable in the academic community as a continuing contribution by the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to intellectual inquiry on an international scale
and on topics at the forefront of inquiry. Recipients should acknowledge the source of
funds when publishing or presenting materials from these conferences. Although
International Programs & Studies cannot at this time sponsor very many conferences per
year because of limited resources, an annual series can soon result in a set of volumes in
which the campus can take great pride.
A web page for each conference should be developed, if possible, to increase
awareness of the conference. This web page should also include a summary of the
conference when completed. A link to the Illinois International home page will be
established.
A short (two-page) report on the conference should be submitted including
publications or plans for publishing.
Criteria for award are:
1. Scholarly significance of the international content of the topic.
2. Quality of the leading participants.
3. Quality of plans for the conference and feasibility of implementing the plans.
4. The extent of University of Illinois faculty, student, and other department and college
involvement in the conference and accompanying public activities.
5. The degree to which the proposal responds to the timing, financial, publication and
other items noted in the request for proposals.
6. Acceptance of an award implies willingness to serve on an IPS Awards Review
Committee in a future year.
The proposals should not be longer than eight pages including budget request. The
budget request should include sources and amounts of financial support for the conference
and publication plans.
The proposal should be submitted electronically (.pdf or MS Word format) to
ips@illinois.edu by December 16, 2013.
IPS/Hewlett International Conference Grant Awardees 2005-2012
Award Year
Last Name
First Name Title
2012
Arana
Andrew
2012
Bekisizwe
Ndimande
2012
Yildiz
Yasemin
2012
Rothberg
Michael
2012
Viruell-Fuentes Edna
2012
Randolph
John
2012
Burton
Antoinette
2011
Hoffman
Valerie
2011
Schwingel
Andiara
2011
Tempest
Richard
2011
Terkourafi
2010
Muturi
2010
Abelmann
2010
Franklin
2010
Wade/Murray
2010
Desmond
2010
Murav
CutcherGershenfeld
Association for Philosophy of Mathematical Practice 2013
Critical Policy Analyses of Markets and Privatization in
Education of Marginalized Communities Around the Globe
Mobilizing Difference: Gender, Islam, and the Making of
Contemporary Europeanness
Diasporic Memories, Comparative Methodologies: A
Workshop of the Network in Transnational Memory Studies
Health, Immigration and Security in North America
Early Russian Itineraries: Movement and the Space of the
Russian Empire
History from Below: E.P. Thompson’s The Making of the
English Working Class (1963) Fifty Years On
The New Middle East: Social and Political Change in the
Twenty-First Century
International Workshop on Public Health and Prevention of
Noncommunicable Diseases in Brazil
2009
Vazquez
Levengood/
Gustaffson
Fiese/
Gundersen
2009
Orta
Political Spaces in Eurasia: Global Contexts, Local Outcomes
Experimental & Empirical Approaches to Politeness &
Marina
Impoliteness
Environmental Determinants of Vector-Borne Disease
Ephantus
Emergence and Resurgence
The East Asian-ization of the American Undergraduate
Nancy
Student Body
Reimagining Science and Technology Journalism in the 21st
Kevin
Century with Data-Driven Computational Inquiry
Change through Exchange: Promoting Global Leaderhship
via Academic Exchange - Focus on Environmental
Mara/Bruce Sustainability and Cultural Integration
The Presence of "America" in India: Where and How does
Jane
"America" Appear and What are the Effects?
Finding a Place in the Soviet Empire: Cultural Production and
the
Harriet
Friendship of Nations
Asian Ascendance: The Role and Impact of Human Resource
Joel
Management
What do we know about interstate war? Appraising theory and
John
research on war and on peace
Jeffrey/
Borje
Ecosystem Health and Sustainable Agriculture
Barbara/
Hunger in the Americas: An International quest to Address
Craig
food insecurity
Sovereignty and Autonomy in the Western Hemisphere:
Andrew
Keynote Conference
2009
Sugrue
Noreen
2010
2009
2009
Rethinking Global Health Care Worker Migration
2009
Barnes
Teresa
2009
Koenker
Diane
2009
Ruppert
Brian
2008
Artz
William
2008
Randolph
John
2008
Khalil
2008
Lowe
Mohammad Islam, Salvation and the Fate of Others
Translation and the Humanities: A View from both Sides of
Elizabeth
the Atlantic
2008
Valdivia
Angharad
2007
Murav
Harriet
Global Girl Studies: Media and Pedagogical Approaches
Jews in the East European Borderlands: Daily Life, Violence,
and Memory
2007
Wright
Charles
Translating the Middle Ages
2007
Otnes
Cele
2007
Summerfield
Gale
2006
Ezekiel
2006
Kalipeni
ChapmanNovakofski
The Global Consumer in a Postmodern World
Sustainable Biofuels and Human Security: A Comparison of
Brazil and East Africa
Perspectives on Women's Access to Sexual and Reproductive
Health and HIV/AIDS Medicines and Services in sub-Saharan
Africa and the Diaspora
International Forum on the Diabetes Epidemic - Mexican/U.S.
Populations
2006
Fuqua
2006
Mohr/Sattler
Jacques
Richard/
Barbara
2005
Feinberg
Walter
2005
Remnek
Miranda
2005
Tempest
Richard
Karen
Making History: Terence Ranger and African Studies
The Socialist 1960s: Popular Culture and the Socialist City in
Global Perspective
Religious Texts and Performance in East Asia
International Forum on Emerging Technologies in Food
Processing: Providing a Secure and Safe Food Supply
Russia's Role in Human Mobility - Historical and
Contemporary Perspectives
India Sixty: The Critical Questions
Life, the Universe, Everything - and More: Plato's Timaeus
Today
School Choice Policies and Outcomes Around the Globe:
Philosophical and Empirical Perspectives on Limits to Choice
in Liberal Democracies
Book Arts, Culture and Media in Russia, Eastern Europe &
Eurasia: From Print to Digital
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Mythmaker and Public
Figure in the Twenty-First Century
IPS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE GRANTS
APPLICATION
2013-2014
DUE DATE: December 16, 2013
Lead Applicant:
Title:
Phone Number:
College:
Department:
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Department Address:
Lead Co-Organizer:
Title:
Phone Number:
College:
Department:
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Department Address:
Title of Conference:
Funds Requested $
Anticipated dates for the conference:
Past grants received from IPS of all organizers (list dates and dollar amounts):
$
Date:
$
Date:
Other support for the proposed conference
anticipated or applied for:
(Note: Additional support is encouraged.)