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The PanSIG 2024 Committee has prepared three types of grants: conference grants, research grants, andstudent grants. These grants will be awarded to applicants who do not have financial support from their
institutions or workplace. The grants support the conference's goal of empowering educators to improve
the quality of education. Applicants can only apply for one type of grant. In the case of applicants
applying for two or more grants, only the first received application will be considered.

CONFERENCE GRANTS
The PanSIG 2024 Committee is offering Conference Grants of up to 50,000 yen for applicants who do nothave financial support from their institutions or workplace.

HOW WILL APPLICATIONS BE APPRAISED?
The funds will be awarded based on the quality of the applications. Applications should explain whyattending the conference will help the applicant develop professionally. The number of grants awarded islimited to a total of five.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR THE CONFERENCE GRANTS?
This is an open call. Even non-JALT members or previous members with an expired membership canapply for this grant. However, only JALT members can receive the funds. Because of this, Grant
winners will be given a 10-day period to become JALT members or renew their membership.
Applicants working full-time or part-time in the field of language education are eligible. They can beworking at any level: preschool to tertiary and adult education, as well as individual instructors
working for themselves, companies, or language schools.
Applicants who do not receive any receive any financial support from their institution or workplace.
Applicants who are enrolled as part-time or full-time graduate students are also eligible.
Grant awardees must have a Japanese bank account.

ARE RECIPIENTS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONFERENCE?
Yes. Successful conference grant recipients must contribute to the PanSIG 2025 Handbook by writing areport explaining how attending the conference changed their thinking or helped them develop
professionally.

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CONFERENCE GRANTS
WHEN IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING?
Applicants must submit their applications by 23:59 (JST) on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Applicants
will then be informed of the results by March 1, 2024. Recipients will be individually notified by email.
Grant recipients will also be announced on the PanSIG website, social networks, and in the PanSIG 2024
Handbook.

WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE CONFERENCE GRANTS?
The main schedule lasts from December 2023 to September 2024.
YEAR

DEADLINE

PROCESS2024

January 31

Application period ends

2024

March 1

Applicants and recipients informed of results

2024

April 14

Recipients send an itinerary to join the conference2024

May 24-26

Recipients join the conference

2024

September 22

Deadline for the conference report2024

September 30

Recipients receive the money

HOW TO APPLY?
Visit this link to submit your application: https://forms.gle/7mPdkt76XtQyr1xy6

FOR INQUIRIESContact Parvathy Ramachandran (PanSIG Conference Chair 2024) at confchair@pansig.org

APPLY FOR THE
CONFERENCE
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