(formerly “Traveling Jam Pot”)
Managed by ASECS.
Amount: Varies.
Due: Dec. 15, 2026.
Every year ASECS members generously replenish the Graduate Student Conference (GSC) Travel Grant Fund (formerly the “Traveling Jam Pot”), a fund that supports participation in the Annual Meeting by ABDs and PhDs within a year of receipt of the doctoral degree.
Awardees may receive free or reduced conference registration, and/or the possibility of up to two nights at the conference hotel.
The number of Grants each year depends on the amount contributed to the fund.
Applications for the Grant must include:
- Personal Statement (max. 300 words): In addition to explaining their financial need, applicants are invited to describe their academic projects, interest in the ASECS organization, and/or plans for participation in the meeting (please, be sure to include anticipated graduation date);
- C.V.
- Abstract of presentation accepted to the annual meeting.
Only current members of ASECS are eligible for Graduate Student Conference (GSC) Travel Grants. Graduate student members are not eligible to receive more than one Conference Support award.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please fill out the form by Dec. 15, 2026:
Should the form prove an obstacle to applying, please contact Executive Director for alternate instructions (director@asecs.org).
Awards/Prizes
Annual Meeting Travel Awards
- Scholars Beyond the Professiorate Conference (BSP) Travel Grant
- Graduate Student Conference (GSC) Travel Grant
- Arts, Music and Theater (AMT) Fund
Books & Article Prizes
- Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize
- George E. Haggerty Prize
- Louis Gottschalk Prize
- Hans Turley Prize in Queer Eighteenth-Century Studies
- James L. Clifford Prize
- Srinivas Aravamudan Prize
- Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize
- Graduate Student Research Essay Prize
- Race and Empire Caucus Graduate Student Essay Prize
- Theatre and Performance Studies Graduate Student Essay Prize
- Women’s Caucus – Catherine Macaulay Graduate Student Prize
Service, Mentorship, & Pedagogy Awards
- Graduate Student Caucus Excellence in Mentorship Award
- Innovative Course Design Competition
- Shirley Bill Fund
- Presidential Award for Service
Co-Sponsored Library Fellowships
- Library Fellowships
- A.C. Elias, Jr. Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship
- Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies
- Women’s Caucus – Editing and Translation Fellowship
- Women’s Caucus – Émilie Du Châtelet Award
- Women’s Caucus Intersectional Prize