Introduction:
The Division of Feminist Criminology (DFC) promotes research and theoretical development on gender, crime, and justice. The DFC’s Claire M. Renzetti Domestic Travel Grant facilitates scholarship aligned with the Division’s larger goals by encouraging graduate students, post-docs, and non-tenure track faculty members from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the field to present original research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC).
This grant is funded by a generous donation from Dr. Claire M. Renzetti and royalties from Feminist Criminology. Dr. Renzetti is the founding editor of the journal Violence Against Women, and an internationally recognized scholar of gender, crime and the violent victimization of socially and economically marginalized women. Feminist Criminology is an innovative journal dedicated to research on women, girls, and crime within the context of a feminist critique of criminology.
Eligibility:
● Applicants must be either graduate students, post-docs, or non-tenure track faculty members at educational institutions within the United States
● Applicants must be from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the field, including but not limited to people who identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latinas/os, or Biracial/Multiracial.
● The applicant’s research must fall within the broad areas of gender, crime, and justice.
● The applicant’s work must be submitted to the ASC’s program website for presentation at the annual meeting, and the award recipient must attend and present her/his/their research at the meeting.
● The applicant must be the leader or principal investigator on the research presented at ASC (Note: only one applicant’s travel cost will be reimbursed even if there are multiple authors on the project).
● Applicants are not required to be active members of the DFC, but winners are expected to join the DFC upon receipt of the award and to attend the DFC breakfast, where they will be honored (Note: To join the DFC, the recipient needs to be a member of the ASC).
● Previous winners of DFC’s Claire M. Renzetti Domestic Travel Grant are not eligible to apply.
Application Materials & Submission:
Submit applications to this link https://forms.gle/kS58MtzAcf6Boktf7 by September 15, 2023. In a single PDF document, please upload: (1) The title, list of authors and abstract submitted to the ASC’s abstract submission site; (2) a 1000- word personal statement about: applicant’s need for this travel award; the potential impact of meeting participation on the applicant’s career, department/institution, or field of study; and any other relevant information; (3) An updated and current Curriculum Vitae.
Selection Criteria:
Applications will be assessed based on an applicant’s personal statement, the originality of her/his/their research project, and its potential to inform research, practice or theory on gender, crime, and justice.
Award:
A one-time travel grant up to a maximum amount of $2,000 will be awarded to either a graduate student, post-doc, or non-tenure track faculty member at an educational institution within the United States, from a racial / ethnic group underrepresented in the field to present original research at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) annual meeting.
Only one award will be made each year. The award may be used to reimburse airfare, hotel, and conference registration expenses. No other associated costs will be reimbursed. The travel costs will be reimbursed after meeting attendance and submission of valid documentation.
Please click here to submit an application for the Claire M. Renzetti Domestic Travel Grant