ACU 2022 Early Career Conference Grants for Developing Countries

Up to 40 Early Career Conference Grants are available for ACU member university staff to attend both virtual (online) and in-person conferences. Applicants must identify a specific conference before applying for the grant and state whether they are applying for a virtual or in-person grant on the application form.

For emerging academics, taking part in conferences can have a profound impact on their teaching and research. Conferences are a chance to share research, learn about the latest developments in an area of work, and build valuable professional networks. Researchers find themselves better informed and better connected with new knowledge that can be shared and multiplied amongst colleagues and students.

The ACU’s Early Career Conference Grants help to ensure that more emerging researchers – and the universities that employ them – can benefit from these valuable opportunities.

The final number of awarded grants will depend on the number of applications received for each format (virtual/in-person).

• Table of Content
• About The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
• Early Career Conference Grants
• Aim and Benefits of Early Career Conference Grants
• Requirements for Early Career Conference Grants Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

In 1912, on the initiative of the University of London, representatives of 53 universities assembled in London, UK, to hold a Congress of Universities of the Empire. The office of the Universities Bureau of the British Empire was accordingly opened in London in 1913. In 1948, the Bureau’s name was changed to the Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth. In 1963 (our jubilee year), the Association received a Royal Charter under its new name: The Association of Commonwealth Universities. In 1986, Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, became Patron of the ACU. Afte... continue reading

Early Career Conference Grants

Aim and Benefits of Early Career Conference Grants

Requirements for Early Career Conference Grants Qualification

Applicants must:

• Be employed by an ACU member university with a job title of lecturer, post-doctoral researcher, professor, associate professor, or equivalent.
• Be within 7 years of the start of their academic (research/teaching) career
• Not have previously travelled for work purposes (including conferences) outside their region of employment since the start of their academic career. Please see this page for the definition of regions.
• Not be a previous recipient of an ACU Early Career Conference Grant (previously known as Early Career Academic Grants.)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

If you don’t have a MyACU account:  please register here and then follow the instructions in the registration email to set up an account. You will then be able to log in to the system here to access the application form.  

If you do have a MyACU account:  please log in to the system here to access the application form.  

Contact us: [email protected]

For more details, visit ACU website.