It is a pleasure to inform you that the announcements for various ESSE research support schemes for 2025 are now posted at the ESSE website https://essenglish.org.
Here is the list of various support schemes that ESSE offers, all posted at https://essenglish.org/research-and-support/:
- ESSE bursaries for both senior and junior scholars, for study trips: https://essenglish.org/bursaries-for-research-trips/. The deadline for application 1 February 2025.
- ESSE bursaries for Gender studies within English studies, a relatively new category of bursary similar to the regular ones, introduced in 2022, and continued in 2023, 2024 and 2025: https://essenglish.org/bursaries-for-gender-studies/. The deadline for application 1 February 2025.
- ESSE book and resources grant, the old support scheme which has recently been expanded to include not only books but other research resources as well: https://essenglish.org/book-and-resource-grants/. The deadline for application 1 May 2025.
ESSE Doctoral Symposium, for PhD students working on their dissertations: https://essenglish.org/doctoral-symposium/ . The deadline for application is 15 January 2025.
There is also a support scheme for the national associations:
Conference plenary speaker support https://essenglish.org/conference-plenary-speaker-support/, to invite plenary speakers to their national associations’ conferences,
