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Conference Scholarships

The IAGS 2025 Conference Organising Committee invites applications for competitive scholarships to help cover the conference fee for the IAGS 2025 Conference at the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre from 20-24 October, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarships are available to:

  • Scholars from the Global South 

    • Defined as Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, with priority given to scholars from lower-income countries and those with limited institutional funding.

  • Emerging scholars 

    • Defined as a current doctoral student, or an unwaged PhD or a recently graduated doctoral scholar who is within the first five years of her/his/their first professional position or post-doctoral position, excluding eligible career interruptions. Eligible career interruptions are: disruption due to international relocation up to three months; caring responsibilities; disability; parental leave; non-research positions, not concurrent with research employment; unemployment; and medical conditions. Career interruption category and time period must be provided in the application.

  • Applicants must have an abstract accepted for presentation at the IAGS 2025 Conference.

Application Deadline & Submission

Applications must be submitted via Google Form by 15 July 2025, 12:00 am EST. Applications that are late, incomplete, or do not comply with application requirements will not be considered.

Application Requirements

Applicants must submit the following:

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  1. Personal Information:

    • Full name, e-mail address, position, and institutional affiliation

  2. Emerging Scholar and/or Global South Application Questions

  3. Budget

    • A brief budget that identifies the estimated costs of traveling to Johannesburg (flights with airports identified and any ground transportation to get to the airport). Please note that the per diem and hotel is determined by conference organizers in Johannesburg and will be included in our calculations. (100 words maximum) 

    • Funding received from other sources. 

    • A detailed explanation of financial need. (500 words maximum)

  4. Application Statement:

    • A maximum 150-word biography outlining academic background and relevant experience.

    • How attending the IAGS 2025 Conference will contribute to your research or professional practice. (350 words maximum) 

    • A copy of the abstract you submitted. 

Important Notes

  • All applicants must be current members of IAGS before registering for the conference. Scholarship funds will not cover IAGS membership fees. Memberships, on an income sliding scale, are available from the IAGS website. 

  • Please note: As of June 10th we have a limited number of full, partial, and registration-only scholarships. 

  • IAGS does not have the capacity to fund all applicants. This is a competitive process, and scholarships will be awarded based on the quality of the application and the applicant's financial need. The scholarship awards will depend on the number of accepted applicants and the availability of funds.

  • If a successful applicant subsequently receives funding from another source, that applicant must inform IAGS as soon as they are notified about receiving external funding. The IAGS scholarship will be reduced accordingly to allow the funds to be distributed to other applicants. Although multiple sources of partial funding may be necessary to cover the entire cost of attending the conference, accepting funding from another source and IAGS for the same costs is not permitted.​

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For further inquiries, please contact Julia White (julia.white@genocidescholars.org) 

Applications must be submitted via Google Forms by 15 July 2025, 12:00 am EST.
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