ACU Early Career Conference Grants 2026-2027 – YOA

Deadline: October 13, 2026

Applications are open for the ACU Early Career Conference Grants 2026-2027. The Early Career Conference Grants assist to make sure that rising researchers – and the schools that make use of them – can profit from the precious OPPORTUNITY of attending and taking part in in-individual conferences in Commonwealth international locations outdoors of their nation of labor.

For rising teachers, taking part in conferences can have a profound impression on their instructing and analysis. These occasions are an opportunity to share analysis, be taught in regards to the newest developments in an space of labor, and construct beneficial skilled networks. Researchers discover themselves higher knowledgeable and higher related with new data that may be shared and multiplied amongst colleagues and college students.

Grants

Seven grants can be found at a most of GBP 2,000, which can be utilized to cowl: 

• Conference registration charge 
• Flights 
• Accommodation 
• Visa prices 
• Travel and medical health insurance 

Eligibility

Applicants should:

• Be an early profession researcher/tutorial at an ACU member college. 
  • Early profession researchers/teachers are those that are inside 7 years of the beginning of their tutorial (analysis/instructing) profession, apart from those that have had profession breaks.  
  • A profession break is a time frame out from employment for private or skilled causes, together with to care for youngsters. 
• Identify a convention that they wish to attend in a Commonwealth nation going down between February 2027 and January 2028.
  • Note: Applicants should be both chairing a session, presenting a paper, or presenting a poster on the proposed convention.

Applicants can not:

• Have beforehand travelled for work functions (together with conferences) outdoors of their area of employment because the begin of their tutorial profession.
• Be a earlier recipient of an ACU Early Career Conference grant (beforehand often known as Early Career Academic Grants).

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to ACU Early Career Conference Grants.