Travel Awards

Travel Awards for the 2011 Population Association of America Annual Meeting

With support from the Hewlett Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the PAA Campaign Fund, PAA will award travel grants to scholars from countries in the developing world (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East) or Eastern Europe to attend the Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2011. These grants cover the costs of round-trip transportation (including an optional stopover at a population research or training institution in North America for collaborative work), hotel and food expenses during the PAA meetings, membership and registration fees. Eligibility criteria are: resident of a country in these regions; not currently receiving an international salary; not currently enrolled in Western graduate degree program; and did not receive a PAA travel award in the previous two years. In selecting recipients, priority will be given to applicants who appear on the meeting program, with highest priority to sole or first authors of papers. Applications from African scholars are especially encouraged.

The deadline for submitting a paper or abstract for presentation at the meeting is September 17, 2010, and the deadline for applying for a travel award is December 1, 2010. (CANDIDATES WILL TYPICALLY NEED TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL GRANT BEFORE LEARNING IF THEIR PAPER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION.)

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