Travel Awards

English only
Countries: Global
Link: http://www.eval.org/Evaluation2015

Conference: November 9-14, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Deadline: International travel awards proposals must be received by 11:59 PM ET March 16, 2015

Exemplary Evaluations in A Multicultural World: Learning from Evaluation's Successes Across the Globe: This is an invitation from AEA to evaluators, evaluation scholars, students, evaluation sponsors, and evaluation users from all around the world to assemble November 9-14, 2015 in Chicago at their annual conference to share and learn from successes of the international discipline and practice of evaluation. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about exemplary evaluations, enabling evaluation environments, evaluation policies, evaluation theories and methods, and research on evaluation from a range of cultures and regions throughout the world. 

The Exemplary Evaluations theme is intended to inspire and energize evaluation professionals from around the world to spotlight what has gone well in evaluation. In developing their contributions, participants will be encouraged to identify applications of the principles articulated in AEA’s Statement on Cultural Competence in Evaluation and its Guiding Principles for Evaluation. In addition, presentations will demonstrate optimal enabling environments for evaluation, the successful use of technology to enhance evaluation, exemplary evaluation designs and methods, stellar research on evaluation, successful evaluation policies, and examples of Visionary Evaluations as conceptualized and explored in detail by the AEA community in 2014.

AEA encourages many different types of presentations to allow a chance for anyone at any level to be involved, but please note that some presentation types require the presenter to be an expert in the field, while other are designed to promote discussion and idea-exchanging. 
See presentation guidelines: http://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/fid=315

A login is required to submit a proposal. Each submitter must either log in to eval.org or create a profile to submit a proposal. Only the submitter is required to create a profile; additional presenters are not required to create a profile.

Eligibility Criteria: In order to qualify for an AEA International Travel Award, all applicants must meet all criteria below:

• Have not previously participated in AEA conferences;
• Demonstrate good fluency in English, being able to make a professional presentation and sustain a discussion in English (applicants may be interviewed by one of the International and Cross-Cultural TIG Co-Chairs as part of the selection process);
• Submit a complete INDIVIDUAL application (group applications will not be accepted), including cover letter, budget, curriculum vitae or resume, and 2 letters of reference. No application will be considered without all of these elements;
• Be a citizen of, and both reside and practice evaluation in, a developing country or country in transition for at least two years (US citizens or those with dual citizenship between the US and a second country are not eligible; for a list of countries considered to be developing or in transition, click here);
• Propose to present at the Evaluation 2015 conference and have at least one proposal accepted. Applicants must submit one of the following presentation types: Panel, Paper, Multipaper, Roundtable, or Think Tank. Submissions submitted as an eligible session type but are recommended to be presented as non-eligible session type will not be considered for these awards.  

Please contact education@eval.org with any questions.