Only Student Members of the International Simone de Beauvoir Society can apply. To become a member or renew membership, see HERE.
Small donations are welcome as every amount contributed helps to support and advance the field Beauvoir studies by offering this Travel Fund.
Small donations are welcome as every amount contributed helps to support and advance the field Beauvoir studies by offering this Travel Fund.
Liliane Lazar’s Travel Fund is the International Simone de Beauvoir’s Travel Fund. The fund is named after Dr. Liliane Lazar (1934-2019), the Society’s Secretary-Treasurer from 1983-1916, in memory of her lasting contribution to Beauvoir scholarship and the Society.
0. The International Simone de Beauvoir Society’s Mission Statement
“The International Simone de Beauvoir Society will provide a forum for researchers interested in the works of Simone de Beauvoir and will organize a yearly conference to provide a venue for such as well as publish a journal, Simone de Beauvoir Studies. Our purpose is (a) to serve as a forum for researchers, activists and others interested in the life, works, and legacy of Simone de Beauvoir; (b) as an expressly multi-disciplinary forum to increase awareness of the work of Simone de Beauvoir and its importance to both contemporary life and current scholarly and political debates in a variety of fields; (c) to facilitate the creation and publication of outstanding scholarship relevant to Beauvoir's work; (d) to promote international and interdisciplinary exchange about Beauvoir's work and related topics, and enable connections among those engaged in pursuing such scholarship; (e) to carry on other activity in support of and to benefit the above mission that may be carried out by a non-profit organization organized under the Laws of the State of Massachusetts, USA.”
1. Purpose of the Travel Fund
The Travel Fund has been introduced to support and facilitate the achievement of goals specified in The International Simone de Beauvoir Society’s above mission statement items (a), (b) and (d). The purpose of the Travel Fund is to provide support for financially challenged members whose papers have been accepted for presentation at our international conferences.
2. Allocation Authority
Travel funds will be allocated by the Steering Committee based on criteria established by the General Assembly.
3. Allocation of Travel Funds
Each year, the Steering Committee will decide, based upon a recommendation from the Treasurer, the share of the Society’s annual budget that can be appropriated for Travel Fund grants.
4. Applicant Eligibility
Any financially challenged member of The International Simone de Beauvoir Society who is either a student, retiree, unemployed or underemployed, and whose paper has been accepted for inclusion in the Society’s conference program may apply for a Travel Fund grant.
5. Application Requirements
6. Approved Applications / Delivery of Funds
0. The International Simone de Beauvoir Society’s Mission Statement
“The International Simone de Beauvoir Society will provide a forum for researchers interested in the works of Simone de Beauvoir and will organize a yearly conference to provide a venue for such as well as publish a journal, Simone de Beauvoir Studies. Our purpose is (a) to serve as a forum for researchers, activists and others interested in the life, works, and legacy of Simone de Beauvoir; (b) as an expressly multi-disciplinary forum to increase awareness of the work of Simone de Beauvoir and its importance to both contemporary life and current scholarly and political debates in a variety of fields; (c) to facilitate the creation and publication of outstanding scholarship relevant to Beauvoir's work; (d) to promote international and interdisciplinary exchange about Beauvoir's work and related topics, and enable connections among those engaged in pursuing such scholarship; (e) to carry on other activity in support of and to benefit the above mission that may be carried out by a non-profit organization organized under the Laws of the State of Massachusetts, USA.”
1. Purpose of the Travel Fund
The Travel Fund has been introduced to support and facilitate the achievement of goals specified in The International Simone de Beauvoir Society’s above mission statement items (a), (b) and (d). The purpose of the Travel Fund is to provide support for financially challenged members whose papers have been accepted for presentation at our international conferences.
2. Allocation Authority
Travel funds will be allocated by the Steering Committee based on criteria established by the General Assembly.
3. Allocation of Travel Funds
Each year, the Steering Committee will decide, based upon a recommendation from the Treasurer, the share of the Society’s annual budget that can be appropriated for Travel Fund grants.
4. Applicant Eligibility
Any financially challenged member of The International Simone de Beauvoir Society who is either a student, retiree, unemployed or underemployed, and whose paper has been accepted for inclusion in the Society’s conference program may apply for a Travel Fund grant.
5. Application Requirements
- Applications must be received no later than six weeks prior to the conference start date.
- Applications for travel grants must be sent to both the President and the Treasurer.
- Applications must include the applicant’s budget requirement details and explanation of
resulting need for funding assistance. - Documents supporting the applicant-provided expense details must be included with the application.
- Supplementary information supporting the applicant’s stated need for funding assistance must be included with the application.
- In providing budget requirement details, applicants are obligated to acknowledge and specify other approved funding amounts or open funding requests for financial travel assistance, such as financial support from other organizations, Universities, Research Councils, etc.
- Individual funding request amounts are to be in the range of $50 (min) to $500 (max).
6. Approved Applications / Delivery of Funds
- Approved applicants will be informed by email, with courtesy copies sent to the appropriate Steering Committee members.
- Upon approval from the President, the Society’s Treasurer will commence with the payment process that will transfer approved funds from the Society’s bank account to the approved applicant.
- Payment to the approved applicant will be delivered within 14 days after the applicant has fulfilled their obligation (i.e., conference attendance and presentation of the accepted paper).