Introduction: The Division on Women & Crime (DWC) promotes research and theoretical development on gender, crime and justice. The DWC’s Pace Kaur Bahl Travel Grant for Women in Law Enforcement facilitates scholarship aligned with DWC’s larger goals by encouraging women in law enforcement to share their real world challenges encountered in the delivery of justice to women and girls through paper and poster presentations, or roundtable or lightning talk at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) annual conference. Engagement of women law enforcement practitioners in the American Society of Criminology will bring academics and practitioners together in advancing feminist criminology. The Pace Kaur Bahl Travel Grant for Women in Law Enforcement is funded by a generous donation from Dr. Prit Kaur, Associate Professor
of Criminal Justice, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, USA. The travel grant is named after three powerful women who have provided economic, moral and social support by helping women and girls in critical life situations and teaching them survival skills. Their lifelong efforts and commitment to ensure justice for women and girls are in line with DWC’s overarching mission.
Eligibility:
• Active duty women in law enforcement serving in the fields of policing at the city, county, state, and federal levels; or, in law enforcement training institutions; or, retired women in law enforcement enrolled as graduate or undergraduate students with good academic standing in accredited institutions of higher learning; or, retired women in law enforcement working as full or part-time faculty in universities or police training institutions.
• Applicants can be from the United States or anywhere outside the United States.
• Applicants’ presentation must fall within the broad areas of gender, crime and justice. Preference will be given to applicants whose areas of interest are in prevention, detection and investigation of cyber-crime and cybervictimization of women and girls.
• Applicants’ work must be submitted to the ASC’s program website for presentation at the annual meeting, and the award recipient must attend and present their research at the meeting.
• Applicants must be leaders or principal investigators of the topics 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 DWC, but winners are expected to join the DWC upon receipt of the award and to attend the DWC breakfast, where they will be honored. (Note: To join the DWC, the recipient needs to be a member of the ASC.)
• Previous winners of the DWC’s Pace Kaur Bahl Travel Grant for Women in Law Enforcement will not be eligible to apply.
Application Materials: Submit applications to this link https://forms.gle/AByk98tAX3cAgE52A by June 1, 2022. 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 eligibility for this award; the applicant’s nationality/race/ethnicity; need for this travel award; the potential impact of meeting participation on the applicant’s career, department/institution, or field of study; and any salient experiences (3) An updated and current CV.
Selection Criteria: Applications will be assessed based on an applicant’s personal statement, the originality of the 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 (USD) will be awarded to an eligible applicant presenting a paper, poster, roundtable or lightning talk 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.
Dates:
All application materials should be submitted by June 1, 2022.
Winners will be notified by July 31, 2022.
All travel documentation must be submitted to Nicole Coldiron at ncoldiron@asc41.com by December 10, 2022.
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