Call for Applications: Publication Incentive Grants for Journal of Pacific History

The Journal of Pacific History Inc. invites qualified persons to apply for a Publication Incentive grant.

These competitive grants are offered to help support early career Pacific historians to prepare articles for submission to the Journal of Pacific History.

See https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjph for the journal’s Aims and scope, Journal information, and Instructions for authors. Applicants must follow the Instructions scrupulously in preparing their article.

Qualifications
Anyone who has completed a PhD or MA since 2017 in a field relevant to Pacific history, or who is currently enrolled for a doctorate in such a field, can apply for a grant of AU$3,000 to prepare an article for submission to peer review on a topic of relevance to the Journal of Pacific History.

Successful applicants will receive AU$500 upfront; AU$1,000 on submission through the Journal of Pacific History Taylor & Francis web portal, before 30 September 2024, of a manuscript accepted by the editors to send for peer review; and AU$1,500 when the accepted final article is sent for production by the Journal of Pacific History. In the case of multiple authors, the total grant will be AU$4,000.

Application process
Candidates should submit a recent CV, letters of support from two referees, and a proposal of up to 1,000 words by 30 November 2023 to the Secretary of JPH Inc (bronwen.douglas@anu.edu.au).

Article proposals should include the following:

• Title and 200-word abstract
• Outline: rationale of the topic and a brief historiography
• Timeline: to submission via the JPH online portal

Applications will be assessed by a sub-committee of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pacific History. A mentor may be appointed to assist successful applicants.