- ECARE Subvention awarded by
- AILC-ICLA
- Application Deadline
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To be announced
This annual award provides funding for a subvention for an early-career scholar’s first book to be published as a monograph, in any language, in the field of comparative literature, broadly conceived. As more publishers are requiring authors to assume partial or full costing for the publication of their books, the high fees can be prohibitive for early-career scholars.
Criteria / How to apply
Applications must be made via a dedicated form (a link will be published when applications open) and must contain the following attached files (all should be in MS Word or PDF format, and all – but the sample book chapter – should be in English or French):
- A complete academic CV.
- Information on the book: title, abstract, publisher and language.
- A cover letter including the book proposal and information on what costs the prize of the award is meant to cover, and whether the costs can be covered via reimbursement to the awarded ECR or if they must be paid directly to a specific supplier.
- A copy of the book contract. In case the eventual award of the prize is intended to cover subvention costs, these should the mentioned in the contract. If the contract is not originally in English or French, its content should be translated into a separate PDF document.
- A sample chapter from the proposed book. This should be left in the original language of the publication.
What is the Prize/Grant
- Award of the equivalent of up to US $ 1,500, to be used for costs related to publishing a monograph including the subvention amount required by the publisher, costs with indexing, and copy-editing.
- Announcement of the name and institutional affiliation of the winning author and their publication on the ICLA Website and in the Newsletter.
- Announcement of the name and institutional affiliation of the winning author and their publication during the General Assembly of the following Triennial ICLA Congress.
- Book review to appear in issues of Recherche Littéraire/Literary Research subsequent to the book’s publication.
Application Deadline
To be announced
Who can apply
The applicant must be an active ICLA member at an early-career stage (ECR) at the time of the application.
ECR is here defined as academics in possession of a doctoral degree, or equivalent, who either hold or are in search of post-doctoral positions, fellowships and/or in temporary or part-time academic posts. We also consider ECRs those who have obtained a full-time, tenure- or permanent-track academic position up to 36 months from their date of employment.
When decisions will be made/communicated
Awards are expected to be announced by the end of the calendar year for which the award is made (but note that it is not always possible to meet this schedule).
Other information
Please note that any payments related to the award of this prize will be made after the planned award announcement date. The payment lead time can also be affected by procedures related to international payment procedures which are beyond the control of the AILC-ICLA.
Receipts or invoices must be provided for a payment to be made.
For queries, contact the Chair of the ECARE Committee, Dr Emanuelle Santos at [email protected] or [email protected].