Our Early Career Academic Grants scheme provides an opportunity for early career academics employed by ACU member universities to participate in a conference held in any country other than their own country of employment.

These grants are intended to give the opportunity to participate in international conferences in order to expand the recipients’ cultural experiences, academic expertise and industry networks.

With five years of success, past recipients have used their budget of GBP 2,000 to cover travel and visa costs, conference fees, accommodation and subsistence for their journeys abroad.

After a highly competitive application process, we are proud to announce this year’s Early Career Academic Grants recipients!

Dr Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakah from City, University of London will be using the grant to attend the Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, in the USA.

Dr Issahaku Adam from the University of Cape Coast will be using the grant to attend the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology on Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses, Responsibilities, in Canada.

Dr Antonio Allegretti from Saint Augustine University of Tanzania will be using the grant to attend the Twelfth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, in Malaysia.

Dr Dominic Agyei from University of Otago will be using the grant to attend the 19th IUFoST World Food Science and Technology Congress, in India.

Boipelo Bahule from North West University will be using the grant to attend the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, in Canada.

Dr Paul Bankole from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta will be using the grant to attend the 4th International Conference on Water Resource and Management, in Taiwan.

Dr Julianna Challenor from City, University of London will be using the grant to attend the Qualitative Research in Mental Health Conference, in Germany.

Dr Kingsley Daraojimba from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka will be using the grant to attend the 15th Congress of Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies, in Morocco.

Dr Sarina de Jager from the University of Pretoria will be using the grant to attend the European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioural Sciences, in the United Kingdom.

Dr Peter Dele from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta will be using the grant to attend the XVIII International Silage Conference, in Germany.

Kieran Durcan from the University of Lincoln will be using the grant to attend the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference 2018, in Australia.

Dr Lois George from the University of the West Indies will be using the grant to attend the World Education Research Association, in South Africa.

Rodrigue Gnitchogna Batogna from the University of Namibia will be using the grant to attend the International Quantitative Research and Applications Conference, in Malaysia.

Emeka Itumoh from Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria will be using the grant to attend the 8th International Colloids Conference, in China.

Gift Makanje from the University of Malawi will be using the grant to attend the 16th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, in Scotland.

Dr Lingani Mbakile-Mahlanza from the University of Botswana will be using the grant to attend the International Neuropsychological Society Conference, in the Czech Republic.

Dr Louise McKenzie from the University of New South Wales, Australia will be using the grant to attend the Adaptation Futures 2018 - Dialogues for Solutions Conference, in South Africa.

Dr Hidayah Mohd Fadzil from the University of Malaya will be using the grant to attend the 5th International STEM in Education Conference, in Australia.

Dr Kenneth Ngure from Kenyatta University will be using the grant to attend the 12th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies, in Malaysia.

Franklin Onukwugha from the University of Sunderland, London will be using the grant to attend the European Population Conference 2018, in Belgium.

Dr Deena Ramful-Baboolall from the University of Mauritius will be using the grant to attend the 32nd EFFoST International Conference, in France.

Dr Katherine Rawling from the University of Leeds will be using the grant to attend Body and the Page in Victorian Culture: An International Conference, in Canada.

Xanthe Roux from the University of Witwatersrand will be using the grant to attent the 6th International Dry Toilet Conference, in Finland.

Hammad Salahuddin from the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Campus, Pakistan will be using the grant to attend the Tenth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, in Spain.

Sadiat Adetoro Salau from the Federal University of Technology, Minna will be using the grant to attend the 3rd International Conference of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries of Ghana and the Association of African Universities, in Ghana.

Dr Qinhua Shen from Massey University will be using the grant to attend the 21st World Congress of Soil Science, in Brazil.

Rae-ann Smith from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus will be using the grant to attend the Caribbean Studies Association 43rd Annual Conference, in Cuba.

Dr Alexander Supartono from Edinburgh Napier University will be using the grant to attend the Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference, Sydney, 2018, in Australia.

Dr Emmanueil Benon Turinawe from Makerere University will be using the grant to attend the Conference of the Association of African Studies in Germany

Dr Nicholas Warren from the University of Leeds will be using the grant to attend the IUPAC Macro 2018 World Polymer Congress, in Australia.

Participating in a short-term mobility experience, such as the ECAG scheme, enables early career academics to develop their knowledge, gain international experience and increase their industry networks, to improve their career path.

Congratulations to all of our recipients. We hope that you benefit from your experiences and gain valuable, new insights into your field of study. Safe travels!

The ECAG scheme will be running again in 2019 and applications will open in February.

More information:

If you are an academic at a university that is an ACU member institution, and you are interested in applying for an ECAG in 2019, keep an eye out for information on next year’s application process. 

Make yourself familiar with all of our Scholarship schemes here.