BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR
INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
Student Fieldwork Grants
Grant summary
BAICE Student Fieldwork grants are intended to facilitate or enhance doctoral fieldwork in international and comparative education.
How much do we award?
We aim to fund up to two Student Fieldwork grants each year. The maximum amount you can apply for is £2500 per grant, but we welcome applications for any amount up to this maximum.
What do we fund?
For the Student Fieldwork grants we fund reasonable travel and subsistence costs, study related materials and resources, hire of rooms and facilities, catering costs for study participants, dissemination activities (if organised by the student – we do not fund conference attendance under this grant). If you have an expense that is not included in this list, please get in touch to check if it is an eligible cost.
Who can apply?
Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral programme at an institution in the UK and must have passed their probation year. Their doctorate must be related to the aims of BAICE. Please do not apply if you are in receipt of another scholarship grant that is specifically intended to support fieldwork costs. Please get in touch by emailing grants@baice.ac.uk if you are not sure if other grants you are in receipt of affect your eligibility for the BAICE Student Fieldwork grant. You can apply for the grant if your fieldwork started up to three months before the deadline, but at least 50% of the costs must be for activities taking place after the application deadline.
How are applications assessed?
Each application is initially checked for eligibility by the BAICE administrator. Eligible applications are assessed by the grant panel for this award, which consists of three members of the BAICE Executive Committee. Proposals recommended for funding are submitted to the BAICE Trustees for consideration and approval. Applications are assessed against five criteria:
- Relevance to BAICE’s aims and objectives
- Originality and potential contribution to knowledge
- Clarity and coherence of study design (including conceptual framing and methodology)
- Demonstration of the need for the grant, especially for applicants who have already started their fieldwork
- Reasonable and realistic costings that demonstrate value for money
Sharing knowledge generated through the grant with the BAICE community
It is an expectation that BAICE grant holders will commit to sharing knowledge generated through BAICE grants with the wider BAICE community. BAICE Student Fieldwork grant holders must commit to contributing at least one blog article or podcast for the BAICE website. Additionally, if an academic journal article is written in relation to this fieldwork, it should be submitted to the Compare Journal in the first instance. We welcome suggestions for additional engagement activities – please indicate these in your application.
How to apply
You can download the application form for the BAICE Student Fieldwork grant in the Downloads section below. You must also include a letter of support from your supervisor confirming your eligibility for the grant. This letter must confirm your enrolment status and confirm that you are not in receipt of another grant designed to support fieldwork costs (please note, this is not a reference letter and will not be considered in the assessment process beyond the eligibility check). There are two rounds of funding per year for these grants, with deadlines of May 1st and November 1st. Please send your application to grants@baice.ac.uk with BAICE Student Fieldwork Grant Application in the subject heading. We aim to let applicants know the outcome of their application within eight weeks.
More information
Please see this video for more information about this grant, and tips for a successful application.
BAICE aims to provide constructive feedback to all applicants, whatever the outcome of their application.
No monies for the Student Fieldwork grant can be transferred until confirmation of ethical approval, from the student’s home institution (or other nominated institution where appropriate) has been submitted to BAICE.
It is the responsibility of the grant holder to ensure that appropriate insurance is in place before embarking on any activity funded by an BAICE grant.
Funds for BAICE Student Fieldwork grants are transferred directly to the student into a bank account registered in the UK. Recipients must submit a 1-2 page financial report summary, and a single annotated PDF document containing scanned receipts to BAICE within six months of the completion of the grant.
An underspend of more than 5% of the awarded grant total must be returned to BAICE.
The name/s and affiliation/s of BAICE award winners will be shared on BAICE’s website and social media channels.
It is expected that BAICE will be acknowledged as the funder in any outputs resulting from the grant (including posts on social media).
If you have any questions about this grant, please contact grants@baice.ac.uk, with BAICE Student Fieldwork query in the subject heading.
