General Information

The EASP and SPSSI (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) funds one conference per year that is attractive to members of both societies alternating between North America and Europe (the already funded 2010 conference will be held in North America, which means that applications for the 2011 conference should be made for a conference to be held in Europe. Per conference the amount of financial support is equivalent to $ 3500 from each organisation for a total amount of $ 7000.

Criteria

At least 80% of persons attending the small conferences, co-sponsored by SPSSI and EASP, should be members of either or both societies.

No more than 2/3 of the participants should be invited by one of the societies.

The total number of participants should fall between 15 and 30.

There must be two organizers, a member of SPSSI and a member of EASP. Preferably one organizer should be based in Europe, the other one in North America.

The themes of meetings should generally be social issues related, and these issues should be relevant internationally (i.e. not focused purely on intra-national questions).

There should be sufficient advance notice for meetings to be advertised to the membership through the pages of the official news bulletins of each society (thereby allowing members to submit abstracts, apply for travel money, etc.). This is why there are deadlines for applying for financial support (see below).

EASP will publish a report of the meeting in the EASP Bulletin.

Conference organizers will be encouraged to submit articles or an edited book, based on contributions to the conference, for consideration as an issue of the Journal of Social Issues or to one of SPSSI's other publication outlets. Regardless of the outlet, any conference related publication must acknowledge the financial support from EASP and SPSSI.

Deadlines

EASP and SPSSI have the deadlines February 1 and August 1. Both organizations must receive a copy of the application (see instructions below).

How to submit a proposal

Submit your proposal by e-mail to both EASP's Executive Officer (sibylle@easp.eu) and SPSSI Central Office (awards@spssi.org). Write "EASP-SPSSI International Conference Application" as the subject of the email to both organizations. 

The application must include:

(1) A cover sheet stating :
    (a) Title of proposed meeting
    (b) Date of proposed meeting 
    (c) Location of proposed meeting
    (d) Names, institutional affiliations, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of organizer(s).

(2) A brief summary of why EASP and SPSSI support for a meeting on the topic is suitable and timely, and how  EASP and SPSSI members will benefit (no more than three pages).     

(3) A list of potential participants and a description of their distribution (e.g. in terms of geographical origin, gender, career stage, topical interests) with an indication of whether participants are associated with EASP or SPSSI. 

(4) An outlined budget, including how much (if anything) participants would have to pay for registration, accommodation and food.

(5) Some indication of sources of funding (and other forms of support) other than EASP/SPSSI's contribution.

(6) A draft announcement for the EASP Bulletin and SPSSI Newsletter (no more than 300 words).

The meetings in 2011 and 2012 will be held in Europe, switching back to the US in 2013. From then on it will alternate between Europe and the US (odd years: US, and even years: Europe).

Previously funded conferences:

2010 Forgotten Alternatives: Denaturalizing Injustice and Exclusion
Organizers: Michelle Fine, Susan Opotow, Xenia Chryssochoou, and Dario Spini
Date: March 17-19, 2010
Place: New York City, USA.

2009 Uncertainty and Extremism
Organizers: Michael Hogg, Kees van den Bos, and Arie Kruglanski
Date: November 16-19, 2009
Place: Los Angeles, USA.

2008 Intergroup contact: Recent advancements in basic and applied research
Organizers: Oliver Christ, Miles Hewstone, Linda Tropp, Ulrich Wagner.
Date: August 28-30, 2008
Place: Marburg, Germany.

2007 International Perspectives on Immigration. Immigrants and Hosts: Perceptions, Interactions, and Transformations. A Small Group Meeting in Honor of Kenneth Dion.
Organizers: Kay Deaux, Victoria Esses, Ulrich Wagner, Rupert Brown, and Richard Lalonde.
Date: May 31-June 2, 2007
Place: Toronto, Canada.

2006 Multiple Perspectives on Real World Helping and Social Action.
Organizers: Allen Omoto, Elena Marta, Debra Mashek, Maura Pozzi, Mark Snyder, and Stefan Stürmer.
Date: June 22, 2006
Place: Long Beach, California, USA.

2003 The Social Psychological Analysis of Social Inclusion and Exclusion.
Organizers: Victoria Esses, Dominic Abrams, and Miles Hewstone.
Date: Sept 11-14, 2003
Place: Canterbury, United Kingdom.

2001 Prejudice and Racism.
Organizers: Miguel Moya, Armando Rodriguez, Jacques-Philippe Leyens, and Jack Dovidio.
Date: May 22-27, 2001
Place: Granada, Spain.

Questions

Please contact SPSSI Central Office or EASP's executive officer.