Initiative Fund

The Association’s Initiative Fund provides small grants to individuals who are members of the Association to help defray the costs of research events intended to benefit a wide public, such as conferences, study days, workshops and support for postgraduate activities that engage with themes related to the field of French Studies. The Association is particularly keen to encourage and support regionally-based collaborative initiatives on the part of its members; again, these should be intended to benefit a wide public. The Initiative Fund does not support costs associated with individual travel, participation and registration for events or conferences.

Application Details

Deadlines

Reports from Funding Events

Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian bande dessinée


Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian bande dessinée

The Freak and its Discontents


The Freak and its Discontents

Chronicling the War, Re-imagining French-ness: Memoirs of the French external Resistance,


Chronicling the War, Re-imagining French-ness: Memoirs of the French external Resistance, University of Manchester, June 2019

Previous Winners

Islamophobia Beyond Borders, University of Aberdeen, July 2024   Diversity in French and Francophone Studies, Cambridge, 2023   Passages, UCD, May 2023   ‘Finding Community In and Beyond the Francosphère, Cambridge, January 2023   Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian bande dessinée University of Leicester, March 2020   The Freak and its Discontents, Trinity College Dublin 2019   Chronicling the War, Re-imagining French-ness: Memoirs of the French external Resistance, University of Manchester, June 2019          

Application Form

Applications should be accompanied by relevant supporting documentation such as a call for papers and, where possible, an outline programme
Applicants should provide FULL financial details of the event and not just the cost for which ASMCF funding is being sought.
It is normally assumed that organisers will charge a conference fee to offset costs. If no fee is being charged, the reasons for this should be stated on the application.
Maximum contribution that can be applied for: £500
Successful applicants will receive funding FOLLOWING the event and AFTER SUBMISSION of a report to the Honorary Secretary. Details of these grants will then be posted on the website and reported in the Newsletter.

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