Conference Support Grant Scheme

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The ACEN Board invites researchers and practitioners to promote and exchange best practice in WIL at the 2024 ACEN conference. To help foster a vibrant and interactive conference, the ACEN Board is pleased to announce the availability of 10 Conference Support Grants, each worth $795, to cover the cost of conference registration for ACEN members. Applications for the ACEN Conference Support Grants are open to higher degree research students (HDRs), early career researchers (ECRs) and professional staff (non-academic staff).

Preferencing Criteria

Preference will be given to award applicants who:

  • are a student or employee of an ACEN member institution that are unable to provide financial support for their conference registration;
  • can attend the full conference;
  • have had no, or limited, opportunities to attend similar conferences;
  • have not previously received an ACEN Conference Support Grant of any kind; and
  • submit their applications by or before the standard (not extended) conference abstract submission deadline.

Eligibility Criteria for Conference Support Grants

All applicants must:

  • be a current ACEN member;
  • be a  HDR, ECR or professional staff;
  • submit an oral or poster abstract by the standard (not extended) abstract deadline. For a conference abstract with multiple presenters, this means that the only presenter who can be eligible is the presenter who submits the abstract;
  • have their conference abstract selected for oral or poster presentation;
  • provide a signed letter from their supervisor on institutional letterhead confirming that the institution is unable to provide financial support for conference registration for the applicant; and
  • agree to the Support Grant Conditions below.

Further, ECR applications must demonstrate conferral of PhD within the 5 years prior to the date of the conference abstract submission deadline.

Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application Process

  1. Applications should be submitted during the abstract submission process prior to the submission deadline.
  2. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and ranked to select the Conference Support Grant recipients.
  3. Applicants will be notified of the Conference Support Grant outcomes by 30 June 2024.

Conference Support Grant Conditions

Successful Conference Support Grantees:

  • must agree to meet all other travel and accommodation costs of attending the conference;
  • must acknowledge the support of ACEN during/on their oral/poster presentation(s) using the ACEN logo/acknowledgement slide provided to them by ACEN;
  • agree for their photograph to be included in the conference booklet;
  • are expected to attend the entire conference including the closing ceremony;
  • are required to write a brief reflection on the value of the conference experience, using the template provided by ACEN; and
  • agree for their written reflections (or appropriate excerpts) and photo to potentially be published on the ACEN website and/or in future ACEN material.

Conference Support Grant Assessment Process

Applications will be assessed by members of the ACEN Board and its sub-committees. Applications that meet the Eligibility Requirements will be ranked based on the Preferencing Criteria and the quality of conference abstract; decisions are final.

Application deadline: 31 May 2024

Enquiries

For questions regarding the Conference Support Grant Scheme, please contact Craig Cameron.

Having issues with the submission process? Contact Julie Jerbic.