Proposal Guidelines for Conferences and Workshops

Goals

The Kellogg Institute encourages Notre Dame faculty to develop collective research projects related to its research agenda in international studies. To that end, the Institute offers partial support for conferences and workshops. 

The following guidelines apply both to proposals submitted by Kellogg faculty fellows for major conference support, as well as to those submitted by faculty not affiliated with Kellogg for cosponsorship.

Eligibility

• Organizers must be members of the Notre Dame teaching and research faculty.
• The Institute will give preference to requests that involve Kellogg faculty fellows.
• The proposal must be within the field of international studies.
• The Institute encourages faculty to seek outside funding for major conferences since it rarely fully funds them.

To Apply

Proposals should answer the following questions:

1. Content
• What is the topic of the conference/workshop?
• Does the conference/workshop have a clear international focus?
• How does it relate to the Kellogg Institute's research agenda?
• Referring to the relevant literature and to past conferences or workshops related to this topic, why is this particular event timely and distinctive?
•  What do you hope to accomplish with this conference/workshop for the relevant field of study and for the substantive problem under study?
• What audiences do you hope to reach and how do you plan to reach them?
• What kind of scholarly product are you aiming for?
2. Logistics (You may submit a tentative conference/workshop agenda to answer these questions.)
   • When do you plan to organize the conference/workshop?
   • Where do you expect to hold the conference/workshop?
   • Who are the core organizers?
   • Who will handle the actual organization and logistics of the conference/workshop?
   • Whom do you hope to invite and what will each participant do?
3. Budget (Attach an itemized budget and budget justification that answers these questions.)
   • What are the major expenses you anticipate (e.g., travel, lodging, meals, materials, honoraria, administration, location fees, book editing)?
   • What do you expect the total cost for this conference to be?
   • How much support do you seek from the Kellogg Institute?
   • How much support do you have from other Notre Dame sources?
   • How much support do you have from sources outside of Notre Dame?
   • What additional outside sources of funding do you plan to seek and how much do you expect to receive?

   The budget should show both the full cost of the project and the amount requested from Kellogg, and should indicate whether Kellogg support is being requested for specific line items.

Proposal Submission

Proposals may be submitted at any time, but well in advance of the proposed activity. Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis. The Grants Committee usually meets only during the academic year, so please plan accordingly.

Please submit applications electronically to:

Sharon Schierling, Associate Director (sschierl@nd.edu).