The Association of Business Historians Tony Slaven Grant

Named after one of the key founders of the Association of Business Historians and a distinguished international business historians, the aim of the Tony Slaven Grant is to further the future growth and development of the discipline of business history by supporting emerging scholars to attend and present their work at the Association’s annual conference. Each year a maximum of four awards will be made, each worth £150. The awards are designed to help emerging scholars meet the travel, accommodation, and registration costs of attending the conference. The awards will be competitive and will be decided by the local organizing committee of that year’s annual conference. A call will be issued annually at the time of the announcement of the call for papers for the conference. The decision will be taken on the basis of an extended abstract (maximum length of 2 A4 sides of single-spaced typed text). When submitting their work for consideration for inclusion in the conference programme candidates should indicate that they also wish to be considered for the Tony Slaven Grant.

Criteria for eligibility

• Candidates must be registered in a programme of postgraduate study at the time of the annual conference for which they wish to be considered
• Candidates must NOT have presented at the Association’s annual conference previously
• The award is open to candidates registered at both UK and international institutions

Criteria for award

• Originality of contribution to the growth and development of the discipline in terms of thematic or theoretical advancement
• Originality in the identification and use of empirical sources
• Originality and clarity of arguments and frameworks as presented in the extended abstract