Astor Travel Fund
Visits to the USA
The Astor Travel Fund provides grants towards the cost of visits by members of the University’s academic and academic-related staff to laboratories, hospitals, libraries and similar institutions within the USA, which will enhance their teaching and research. Grants are for internal travel and subsistence within the USA, not transatlantic travel. Grants may not be used to cover the cost of conference attendance but may be used to facilitate other travel and subsistence in the USA on the occasion of a conference visit. Grants are usually awarded to help fund short visits, but applications for funds towards longer visits are not excluded. The maximum award is £750.
Applications may be made by members of the University’s academic and academic-related staff (including Post Doctoral Research Assistants and Junior Research Fellows) and by other scholars and scientists from the British Isles. Applications are considered in open competition. Priority will be given to applicants who are (a) employees of the University, related institutions, or colleges and/or eligible to be members of a faculty of the University, and (b) have not received grants from the fund within the two years preceding their application. Retrospective grants will only be made in exceptional circumstances.
| It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that one referee (a senior member of the applicant’s department or faculty currently in post) writes in confidence to the Secretary of the Board of Management by the closing date for applications. |
Visitors from the USA
Grants may be provided to enable distinguished scholars and scientists from the USA to visit the University to lecture and carry out research. It is normally expected that such visitors should contribute to established research programmes. Applications should be made by members of the University’s academic staff and are considered on a competitive basis.Grants for such visits may be used only for internal travel and subsistence within the UK, not transatlantic travel. Visitors are usually expected to be accommodated within the University at academic rates. The maximum award is £750.
Astor Visiting Lecturerships
Astor Visiting Lecturerships provide funding for visits by distinguished academics from the United States for up to one week. Funding covers reasonable transatlantic airfares (i.e. economy or standard), internal travel, accommodation, subsistence and an honorarium of £400, subject to a maximum of £1,750 (including honorarium). Heads of division are invited once a year to apply for lecturerships taking place the following calendar year. A circular has been issued to divisions inviting bids in respect of 2012. Applications are accepted only from heads of division.Closing dates
Grants for schemes (i) and (ii) above are offered once a term and once in the Long Vacation. A completed application form (and for scheme (i), a supporting reference) should be sent to the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Astor Travel Fund at University Offices, Wellington Square, by the Friday of Week 3 of each term or by 31 July in the Long Vacation. The closing dates for 2012-13 are:
| Michaelmas Term: Friday, 26 October 2012 |
| Hilary Term: Friday, 1 February 2013 |
| Trinity Term: Friday, 10 May 2013 |
| Long Vacation: Wednesday, 31 July 2012 |
The closing date for applications for Astor Visiting Lecturerships by heads of division is the Friday of Week 2 of Michaelmas Term i.e. 19 October 2012.
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