The Italian Art Society announces its 2016 competition for the
ITALIAN ART SOCIETY / SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANT Eligible scholars must be: U.S. or foreign scholars holding the Ph.D. Undertaking transoceanic travel Planning to present a paper in an IAS-sponsored session at: 1. American Association of Italian Studies, Baton Rouge, LA, 21-23 April 2016 2. Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Bruges, Belgium, 18-20 August 2016 3. Any other conference in 2016 where the IAS is sponsoring a session. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation stipulates that papers topics must cover antiquity to the early 19th century only. Applicants must be members of the IAS at the time of application and upon receipt of the award, and may not have received an IAS award in the previous two years. IAS officers and committee members are not eligible to apply.
Application Deadline 15 February 2016 Please send the following as a single WORD document only (with last name in title) via e-mail to the IAS President, Sheryl Reiss, at
[email protected]: • • • • •
a cover letter indicating your IAS membership status a current 2-page C.V. your paper abstract with IAS session title and chair contact information a preliminary budget including airfare and lodging information only a description of other possible travel funding sources (and their likelihood of success)
The IAS Awards Committee will determine the awarding of the grant, with final approval by the Board of Directors. Funding must be used within one year of award date and a final report indicating actual expenses must be submitted to the IAS Treasurer and IAS President within two weeks of the funded conference travel. Application deadlines for IAS-Kress travel grants for ICMS (Kalamazoo), RSA, and CAA will be due in summer/fall 2016.
The Italian Art Society (IAS) is a professional organization dedicated to the study of Italian art and architecture from prehistory to the present. Visit www.italianartsociety.org for more information and membership details.
