uodsp: FW: Disability Research Interest Group Travel Award for AAA 2015

[Heidi von Ravensberg]

Thank you, Betsy.  
Note: submission deadline is October 2, 2015. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Wheeler [mailto:ewheeler at uoregon.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:21 PM
To: Heidi von Ravensberg
Subject: Disability Research Interest Group Travel Award for AAA 2015

   Announcement/Call for Applicants
> Disability Research Interest Group Travel Award
> 
> The Disability Research Interest Group of the Society for Medical 
> Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association is pleased to 
> announce the inaugural DRIG Travel Award.
> 
> The DRIG Travel Award supports the participation of people with 
> disabilities in the field of anthropological research. The DRIG 
> believes that people with disabilities are underrepresented in our 
> field, as both scholars and research participants, and therefore, that 
> the disability perspective is frequently left out of anthropological 
> knowledge production. Additionally, we recognize that traveling with a 
> disability can be both harrowing and expensive. The scholarly 
> community and the quality of scholarship at the AAA can be improved by 
> supporting the careers and scholarly participation of anthropologists 
> with disabilities. For this reason, the DRIG seeks to support the 
> participation of emerging scholars with disabilities in the Annual 
> Convention by offering two $100, one-time awards to offset the 
> attendance costs at the 2015 meeting in Denver, and to honor strong 
> emerging scholarship in Disability Anthropology.
> 
> To be considered for one of two $100 awards, please submit the 
> following no later than October 2, 2015:
> 
> 1. An email including your name, affiliation (or independent scholar 
> status), and contact information 2. A current CV 3. The title, 
> abstract, and proof of acceptance for your AAA presentation or poster 
> for the 2015 Meeting in Denver 4. A statement of no more than 2 pages 
> describing your reason for seeking this award Please send the 
> application materials to Molly Bloom at mjbloom(at)ucla.edu [1], with 
> "DRIG Travel Award Application" in the subject line.
> 
> Recipients will be selected by the members of the DRIG Steering 
> Committee, and notified by email by October 15, 2015. The awardees 
> will be selected based on a combination of scholarly merit and need.
> The award will be presented in check form during the AAA annual 
> meeting.
> 
> Find the Disability Research Interest Group community online on 
> Facebook or on the Society for Medical Anthropology website.
> 
> Please help us spread the word about this new travel award. We look 
> forward to your applications!
> 
> Signed,
> 
> The DRIG 2015 Steering Committee
> Molly Bloom
> Cassandra Hartblay
> Elizabeth Lewis
> Daniella Santoro
> Heather Thomas
> 
> Cassandra Hartblay, PhD
> DRIG Steering Committee
> Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethnographic Design University of California 
> San Diego http://cassandrahartblay.com/ [2]
> 
>