Funding

• Event Funding
• Doctoral Scholarships
• Postgraduate Travel
• Further Funding

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Event Funding

The SAP usually makes awards of up to £1500 to support any workshop, conference, colloquium or event which meets the specified conditions given below (up to £5000 can be awarded in exceptional cases):

• Applicants must be members of the Society for Applied Philosophy (graduate students and non-UK based members are equally welcome to apply as members).
• The subject of any event must fall within the area of applied philosophy as defined on the SAP home page (under about).
• The event must involve participants from more than one academic institution.
• The grant may only be used for purposes of room hire, speakers travel expenses and modest entertainment. No speaker fees are payable.
• The event must be open to all interested parties.
• The proposed event should not clash with any other existing and advertised SAP event.
• The normal expectation is that papers given at SAP funded events should be submitted in the first instance to the Journal of Applied Philosophy.

Successful applicants can also apply for a separate grant for their events to aid the attendance of delegates with disabilities.  Please enquire/apply to admin@appliedphil.org.

If you have an idea for an event please supply the following information

• NAME
• INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
• POSITION
• ADDRESS
• PROPOSED EVENT SUBJECT, including rationale
• PROPOSED VENUE
• PROPOSED DATE
• PROPOSED SPEAKER(S)
• ESTIMATED BUDGET

and send by email to: admin@appliedphil.org

DEADLINES: The Executive Committee considers applications tri-annually.  Applications received will be considered at the next available deadline.  The deadlines for funding are 1 January, 1 May, and 1 September.

Please view this sample copy of a successful proposal for guidance in formulating applications

Funding will be granted to successful applicants subject to the following terms:

• The Society for Applied Philosophy must be acknowledged publicly as a sponsor of the event
• A report must be submitted to admin@appliedphil.org no later than one month after the event for the SAP Executive Committee (guidelines for what the report should contain can be found below)
  
• Society for Applied Philosophy information leaflets must be distributed to all registered delegates at the event (please email the postal address you would like these to be sent to and the date they should be received by to admin@appliedphil.org).
• The event must be advertised on the Society for Applied Philosophy's website (please provide date, location and weblink to the event's webpages).

The following structure can be used as a guideline for reporting:

Details of:

• Attendance (numbers of attendees; and any further relevant information about attendees: institutional and geographical 'spread'; numbers of postgraduate, members of general public etc)
• Budget: confirmation that this was as projected and use of SAP funds
• The form that the public acknowledgement of SAP took;
• Any planned publications;
• Any feedback (from evaluation sheets, etc.)

The report should be returned to admin@appliedphil.org within one month of the event taking place.

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Doctoral Scholarships

The Society for Applied Philosophy intends to offer two scholarships for doctoral work in applied philosophy* in a UK university (subject to suitable candidates coming forward). The level of the award will be up to £8,000 per scholarship and will be held for one year**. Applicants must have applied for AHRC funding where eligible (either in the open studentship competition or via a block grant holder***), and the SAP scholarship will only be awarded when the AHRC has informed candidates of its decisions. In addition, applicants must declare all other sources of funding they are receiving and whether they are awaiting a decision from a further source/s to support their doctoral research (fees and maintenance) - the Society tends to give priority to candidates who are not already in receipt of other funds. Applications will be assessed primarily on the basis of academic merit; however, the committee will also take account of whether applicants have already received, or are currently receiving, significant (eg, AHRC) funding.  The closing date for 2013 applications is Monday 22nd July (applications for 2013 can be submitted from 1 May 2013) . Applicants are responsible for ensuring that complete applications, including references, arrive by the deadline.

*applications can be made by students studying in any department within a UK university undertaking doctoral research in applied philosophy.

**successful applicants may apply for a second year of funding.  Applications will be considered alongside all other applications made in that year.

***applicants may be ineligible for AHRC funding in some year because a block grant is available only in other years and the existence of the block grant prevents them for applying in open competition.

Applicants must send:,

• a curriculum vitae (no more than 2 sides of A4),
• an outline of the proposed research (no more than 500 words),
• evidence of an application to the AHRC or a statement explaining lack of eligibility,
• a statement testifying that they have no other source of funding,
• and evidence that they have been accepted onto an appropriate Ph.D. programme

Together these items constitute one application, please send (in total) four copies of your application (each application should be independently stapled in the above order) to the postal address below.

S.A.P. Doctoral Scholarship
C/o Jon Cameron
RIISS
19 College Bounds
University of Aberdeen
AB24 3UG
SCOTLAND

In addition:

To be considered, applicants must also ask two academic referees to write directly to the above address providing references in support of their application (in total, three copies of each reference are required). A scanned copy of a signed reference letter will be accepted by email only where it is not possible for the referee to send via standard mail (e.g. if the referee is travelling and unable to access usual postal facilities) - in such an event, please contact the Society's administrator to discuss the arrangement.

The following further notes should also be considered:


1. In cases where applicants have funding from other sources the SAP grant may be reduced to ensure that the applicant’s overall funding does not exceed the level of a full AHRC grant.

2. Applicants who are not eligible for AHRC funding are expected to have applied for any other sources of funding for which they are eligible. They should list the sources of funding that they have applied for in their application.

3. Incomplete applications, including those with missing references, will not be considered.

Applications will be assessed primarily on the basis of academic merit; however, the committee will aslo take account of whether applicants have already received, or are currently receiving, significant funding.

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Postgraduate Travel

The Society will consider supporting attendance at relevant conferences or events by postgraduate members of the Society for Applied Philosophy, working in applied philosophy. It will do so only where all other means of financial support have been unsuccessfully applied for. Proposals will be assessed on their individual merits and there is no guarantee that the Society will fund the full costs of attendance. Postgraduate travel is not available for attendance at the Society's Annual Conference which has its own unique student bursaries and reduced rate packages.

Please submit an application to admin@appliedphil.org providing the following:

• A statement of the nature of the travel or conference and how it will benefit your research.
• A breakdown of proposed expenditure, including the sum requested from the SAP.
• Information about other sources of funding either received or for which you are eligible.
• A supporting statement from your supervisor (sent to us separately by your supervisor).

Where funding is successful applicants will be required to submit:

• Copies of relevant receipts for travel, conference fees, etc.
• A brief post-travel report.

There is no deadline for such applications which may be made at any time in the year.

This funding option is only available to members of the Society for Applied Philosophy.

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Further Funding

The Society is also in a position to offer financial support for individual projects by academic staff, researchers, and postgraduates working in applied philosophy (N.B. funding support for completion of a degree cannot be considered under further funding for individual projects - postgraduate students seeking funding for such purposes should apply through the Society's Doctoral Scholarship award).  Such support might, for instance, assist in some limited teaching relief, travel, or other relevant activity. It may thus facilitate the completion of work that would otherwise remain unsupported.

The amounts available are not significant - SAP does not envisage making individual grants of more than £1,200 - and individuals are welcome to contact an Officer of the Society for further advice and information.  Normally only one application per person per year will be considered. The Society will take into account any previous successful applications when making a decision to fund.

Applications can be made at any time of the year and should state the nature of the support requested and why it is necessary for the pursuit of the work.

This funding option is only available to members of the Society for Applied Philosophy.

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