Local Organising Committee of the ECC 2024 is happy to announce two targeted grants to provide greater inclusion of PhD students and early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia and Ukraine at the Ljubljana conference. 

Grants for early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia

Local organising committee of the conference will award 5 grants to early-career scholars from the region of former Yugoslavia.

The aim of the grants is to facilitate greater inclusion of scholars from the region, promote critical regional perspectives on conference topic Communication and Social (Dis)Order, and promote cooperation among scholars and institutions in the region.

The grants will be awarded in the form of conference fee vouchers to early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD) whose presentation has been accepted to the programme of the conference. 

Grants for early-career scholars from Ukraine

Local organising committee of the conference will award 5 grants to early-career scholars who are based at academic institutions in Ukraine to facilitate their greater participation at the Ljubljana conference.

The grants, consisting of conference fee vouchers, will be awarded to early-career scholars (PhD students and scholars 1 year after completion of their PhD) whose presentations have been accepted to the conference.

Both calls will be released in March 2024. For updates on the call, follow the news at the conference website, ECREA website or ECREA weekly digest.

Four other types of grants and support measures will be offered for scholars irrespective of the region in which they are based. These will include YECREA Early-career fee waivers and travel grants  and ECREA Equality, Diversity and Inclusion fee waivers and travel grants. More information on conference grants: https://ecrea2024ljubljana.eu/grants/