Support for Human Rights Events
The Human Rights Consortium is committed to organising and supporting academic, policy and practice-oriented events on human rights. ‘Human Rights’ is defined in broad, multi-disciplinary terms.
Funding or other support for human rights-related events may be sought from the Human Rights Consortium. It is expected that the Consortium’s contribution is acknowledged on all publicity for that event.
Event organisers who do not seek support from the Human Rights Consortium are welcome to submit details of their events for inclusion on the Consortium’s online Calendar of Events.
Collaboration with the School of Advanced Study
Selection Criteria for Funding
The Consortium is able to provide the following types of support:
- Intellectual input to the development of events on human rights in a number of different disciplines.
- Up to £1500 for a conference of at least one day’s duration. Lesser amounts may be awarded for shorter events. It is expected that other sources of funding are also secured to support the event. Between three and four events per annum are likely to receive funding from the Human Rights Consortium.
- Room hire for University of London venues at no charge. it is expected that events will be held at the University of London.
- Publicity of the event to the Consortium’s networks via email and the website.
- Administrative support (through a participating Institute) for the organisation of the event, including travel and accommodation bookings, arranging rooms and catering, receipt of registration forms and fees.
- Input to collaborative grant applications for events.
- Web-hosting of event videos for HRC-sponsored events.
Funding may be provided for the following costs associated with an event:
- Speaker travel costs at economy rates. Taxi fares are generally not supported, but train or bus travel to and from airports may be included. Local travel for London-based speakers will not be funded. Per diem payments are not offered unless external funding is secured to cover the cost.
- Speaker accommodation costs up to £75 per night for bed and breakfast. Additional hotel costs (such as telephone charges, newspapers etc) will not be covered.
- Modest catering costs. This may include tea, coffee and biscuits for all participants and lunch for speakers and organisers. Funds are not normally expected to cover the costs of conference dinners or receptions.
- Web-casting and videoing costs, which should be costed at £300 per day.
- Publication of an edited collection of papers, either online or in hard copy through one of the School's publishing arrangements. Costs may include copy-editing, typesetting and design, and printing. Funding will not be made available to support publication by a commercial publisher or journal.
The Consortium is unlikely to provide funds for a student-only event, but it supports the inclusion of graduate student presentations within conference programmes.
The Consortium does not usually fund additional bursaries for events which already have secured significant support from elsewhere.
Collaboration with the School of Advanced Study
Applicants are expected to demonstrate a tangible link with the School through one of its 10 Institutes. The Institutes which have a particular interest in human rights from various disciplinary and regional perspectives are:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies
- Institute of Historical Research
- Institute of Philosophy
- Institute for the Study of the Americas
The other Institutes of the School are listed at www.sas.ac.uk.
Applicants for support should fill in the attached form (Word) and provide the following information:
- Draft Programme of the Event if available
- A synopsis of the event with (see Section 1 of form)
o Proposed speakers and presentation topics
o Expected audience (eg academic, student, policy-makers, practitioners, public) - Nature and details of support sought, including a detailed costing if financial support is requested (see Section 2 of form)
- Plans for dissemination of work arising from the event, if appropriate. This might include web-casting of the event or proposals for publication of edited collections, for example. (see Section 3 of form)
Applications should be sent via email to HRC@sas.ac.uk by the appropriate deadline.
The Applicant agrees to provide a short report after the event has taken place.
The deadlines for applying for support for Human Rights events are 30 March each year for events proposed for the autumn of the same year, and 30 September for events proposed for the following spring.
Enquiries regarding possible support for events should be directed to the Human Rights Consortium at HRC@sas.ac.uk.
For more information and to access the appropriate forms:
- Further Particulars (Word)
- Application Form (Word)
- Report Form (Word)
Applicants should consider the following questions when preparing their funding bid:
- Is human rights central to your application?
- How multi-disciplinary is your application?
- How collaborative will the event be, including among institutions, academics, policymakers and practitioners?
- What is the likelihood of success (in terms of attracting an audience and disseminating the results)?
- Is the costing reasonable?
Applications are normally expected to be sponsored and funded by at least one other institution other than the Human Rights Consortium.
Applications from within the School of Advanced Study should demonstrate a collaborative connection with another institution.
Successful applications will demonstrate that HRC funding is essential to the running of their event. If in doubt, please contact HRC@sas.ac.uk.
