British Society of Aesthetics

Grants and Fellowships

BSA Grants for UK activities in Aesthetics

Each year the BSA gives small grants in support of UK activities in aesthetics. Past grants have been used to support conferences and lecture series. Applicants must be members of the Society. Applications should be completed online. Grants do not normally exceed £1,000, though more may be given in exceptional circumstances. For full guidelines and an online application form click here.

Awards and Prizes

BSA Essay Prize
The British Society of Aesthetics runs an essay prize competition, open to early-career researchers in aesthetics. The winning author will receive £750 and an opportunity to present the paper at the Society’s annual conference. The winning essay will normally be published in the British Journal of Aesthetics. The deadline for the 2012 BSA Essay Prize Competition is June 30, 2012.
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BSA PhD Studentship Award

The British Society of Aesthetics proposes to award up to one Ph.D. studentship full-time maintenance grant of £13,590 (or within the City of London or the Metropolitan Police district: £15,590) plus tuition fees up to a maximum value of £4,000 from Sept. 2012 for up to 3 years.

The studentship is designed to support a promising philosopher in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, by enabling him or her to pursue full time doctoral research.

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