Funding Opportunity for BIPOC scholars
The FSA awards 3 small grants (3 x £100) to academics based in UK/Ireland who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) to support feminist research and feminist researchers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must identify as BIPOC
- Applicants must be based in the UK/Ireland
- The application must be for funds to support feminist research and/or teaching
- Applications must be made via the application form. A decision will be made within two weeks of receiving an application
- The grant can be used to:
- Support travel
- Pay for childcare costs
- Help cover software/hardware costs (i.e. books/printers/transcription costs)
- Support access needs
- This is not an exhaustive list and applications requesting funding for any costs relating to feminist research/teaching will be considered.
Funding Blocks for 2022-23
- 21st November – 16th December 2022 (3 x £100) – Now Closed
Please note: Within a funding block, each grant will be awarded on a first come, first served basis to those who meet the eligibility criteria.
If your application is successful, the amount requested will be transferred via BACS.
Apply for a Small Grant
Past Small Grants Scheme
Over twelve years, the FSA awarded a small grant for workshops, seminars and conferences organised by and for postgraduate students. The money could be used for a range of purposes and alongside other awards. Events focused on an aspect of feminism, women’s studies or gender.
Over twelve years, the FSA supported the following events:
- Women in the Wake of May 68’ (Kings College London, 2018)
- ‘Double Dabble: A Feminist Day of Making’ at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (University of Newcastle, 2017) This event is featured in the FWSA Newsletter Issue 68 June 2017
- ‘Feminist Readings 2: Theory, practice and politics of reading today’ (University of Leeds, 2016)
- ‘Symposium on Occupation, Transitional Justice and Gender’ (University of Ulster, 2015)
- ‘Smashing the Patriarchy in 100,000 Words? The use of Feminism in academic theses’ (University of Dundee, 2013)
- ‘Gender, Media and Generations: A postgraduate workshop’ (University of East Anglia, 2012)
- ‘4th Annual Conference of Sibéal Irish Postgraduate Feminist and Gender Studies Network: Feminist Scholarship, Activism, and Creativity’ (University of Limerick, 2011
- ‘Feminism and Teaching Symposium’ (University of Nottingham, 2010)
- ‘EVERYDAY: Work, Education and Family’ (Newcastle University, 2009)
- ‘A Woman’s Place: Locating the Feminine in Modern and Contemporary Culture’ (Newcastle University, 2008)
- ‘Women Writing Rape’ (University of Warwick, 2007)
- ‘From Porn to Politics’ (Newcastle University, 2006)