Conference & Lecture Grants

The Townsend Center welcomes proposals for conferences, lectures, or symposia taking place at UC Berkeley.

Average awards range from $200-$500 for lectures, and up to $2,000 for larger conferences, events, or visits.

In considering applications, priority will be given to proposals that directly involve Berkeley faculty and graduate students in the humanities. Proposals from all fields are welcome, special consideration will be given to submissions that coincide with any of the following areas of emphasis: The Humanities and the Public World; Communities of Scholars; and Critical Dialogues. In making awards, the Center will also take into account the desire to achieve an equitable distribution of awards among campus units; preference will normally not be given to ongoing activities, recurrent events, or meetings of professional societies.

Please note that the Townsend Center will fund meetings of professional organizations that take place in Berkeley on a one-time basis only.

Download the 2010-2011 Conference & Lecture Grants guidelines and application:
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Microsoft Word

The application deadlines are as follows:

September 10, 2009
February 8, 2010
May 3, 2010

For questions about the program, please contact Fellowships Coordinator Bridgette Lehrer at blehrer@berkeley.edu.