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In 2022, the Literary Encyclopedia will resume its award Travel Award programme (suspended in 2021 due to Covid-related travel restrictions). This programme is funded through the donation of royalties by contributors and editors to the Encyclopedia. It includes awards 3-4 of travel bursaries worth between £500 and £750 each to assist emerging scholars in defraying the costs of archival research on a literary or related matter. Conference attendance will not be covered.
Travel bursaries will be offered to early career researchers* or PhD students from institutions which subscribe to The Literary Encyclopedia (which we do!).
Applications are considered by the Editorial Board of The Literary Encyclopedia. The money is paid on presentation of receipts. Successful applicants will be expected to write a formal report of their work to be published on our website. The contribution of the LE Travel Award should be acknowledged in any resulting publications from these awards.
At the moment, the LE editors envisage that the research travel must be taken up and completed by August 31, 2023, and recipients will be expected to provide formal reports on their work by the end of 2023. This timeline could be adjusted if further health and travel restrictions should arise.
Applicants should please download and complete the application form attached HERE, and email it to The Managing Editor no later than June 1, 2022. Decisions will be announced by late September, 2022.
You can read about the winning candidates and research proposals from previous years HERE.
*Early career researcher is an individual who is within eight years of the award of their PhD or within 6 years of their first academic appointment.