NOTE: One can apply for the ICMA-Kress Grants for Virtual Conference Registration Fees OR the ICMA-Kress Travel Grant, but not both.

ICMA KRESS GRANTS FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation has generously agreed to reallocate our Kress Travel Grants to cover the cost of registration fees for virtual conferences. Registration fees are typically not reimbursed for a Kress Travel Grant and we will revert to this policy when travel and conferences are safe again. Only participants in ICMA sponsored sessions are eligible.

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ICMA Kress Travel Grants

The International Center of Medieval Art, through the generosity of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, is pleased to offer travel grants to speakers at ICMA-sponsored sessions at scholarly conferences. 

Travel will be reimbursed up to US$600.  Overseas travel will be reimbursed up to US$1200.  

These funds are available only to speakers and organizers delivering papers as an integral part of the session (i.e with a specific title listed in the program). Funds are payable on a reimbursement basis, via check to US bank account holders or via bank transfer to non-US bank account holders. Funds cannot be covered in advance of the session. The ICMA cannot guarantee this support, but will make every effort to provide it, based on the availability of funds.  

Reimbursable expenses include:

  • Airfare

  • Trainfare

  • Rental car fees and fuel

  • Mileage at the IRS 2024 rate of 67 cents per mile (if you are using your own car)

  • Lodging (two night maximum)

ICMA does not reimburse:

  • Meal expenses

  • Conference registration fees

  • Presentation supplies such as computer or camera equipment

 

Session organizers: contact Ryan Frisinger (icma@medievalart.org) with a list of speakers, affiliations, and departure location as soon as the session is finalized. This will help us determine the availability of funds.

 

HOW TO APPLY:

Speakers/organizers requesting funding: You must contact your session organizer first to include your name on the list of speakers requesting funding. You must be an ICMA member. You must submit the following no later than one (1) month after the session :

  • CV

  • Abstract (list: paper title, session title, name of conference, and dates)

  • Short professional biography (1-2 paragraphs)

  • Original, signed receipts. If tickets or reservations are made online, the speaker must print out the receipt and sign it before submitting. Only receipts up to the allotted reimbursement amount are needed.

  • Fares purchased in non-US currencies must include an itemized list of conversions to USD.

  • If non-US bank account holder, submit your bank information.


SUBMIT INFORMATION HERE.
For questions, contact Ryan Frisinger at icma@medievalart.org.