The APSA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Travel Grant provides support for the professional development of APSA Minority Fellows, (both current fellows and program alumni) at the APSA Annual Meeting.

The 2020 MFP Travel Grant Application is now open. The deadline is now extended to July 6, 2020.
Apply for the 2020 MFP Travel Grant

Given the APSA Annual Meeting will be held virtually, the current cycle of MFP travel grants will be more flexible to support the professional development of APSA Minority Fellows. We will accept applications from eligible MFP Fellows and Alumni who are planning on participating in the 2020 virtual meeting and those who have decided not to participate in the virtual meeting.

Virtual Meeting Attendees: Grants will be awarded to support indirect costs of participating in the virtual meeting, including supplementing the cost of internet access, technology upgrades, or other tools as needed. Fellows must register for the virtual meeting if requesting funds in this category.

Research and Development Grants: Grants may also be awarded to support fieldwork, research projects, or professional development for Fellows. Applicants will be asked to provide a description of their project if requesting funds in this category. Applicants applying in this category do not have to register for the virtual meeting.

Eligible applicants include:

• Funded and unfunded APSA MFP Fellows from the fellowship class of 2019-2020 or prior, who are currently enrolled in a political science PhD program
• Funded and unfunded APSA MFP Alumni who received their PhDs in political science between 2018–2020.

Awarded grants may range between $250-$400. 

NOTE: Priority will be given to APSA MFP Fellows and MFP Alumni who are current APSA members, who have not received (and who are not scheduled to receive) MFP funding during the 2019-2020 year, who are presenting a paper/poster or serving as a chair/discussant at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC or who are on the job market. Please send any questions to [email protected]. 

The 2019 APSA MFP Travel Grant Recipients

The APSA Lee Ann Fujii MFP Travel Grant is made possible by the generous contributions of the Fujii Family and Dr. Fujii's colleagues and friends. Now in its second year, the grant is meant to support APSA Minority Fellows' participation in the APSA annual meeting to engage in research, professional development, mentoring and collaboration.

The 2020 Lee Ann Fujii MFP Travel Grant is now open. 
The deadline is now extended to July 6, 2020.
Apply for the Lee Ann Fujii Travel Grant

Given the APSA Annual Meeting will be held virtually, the current cycle of MFP travel grants will be more flexible to support the professional development of APSA Minority Fellows. We will accept applications from eligible MFP Fellows and Alumni who are planning on participating in the 2020 virtual meeting and those who have decided not to participate in the virtual meeting.

Virtual Meeting Attendees: Grants will be awarded to support indirect costs of participating in the virtual meeting, including supplementing the cost of internet access, technology upgrades, or other tools as needed. Fellows must register for the virtual meeting if requesting funds in this category.

Research and Development Grants: Grants may also be awarded to support fieldwork, research projects, or professional development for Fellows. Applicants will be asked to provide a description of their project if requesting funds in this category. Applicants applying in this category do not have to register for the virtual meeting.

About Dr. Fujii

Dr. Lee Ann Fujii, (1962-2018), was a highly respected scholar of political violence, ethnicity and race, African politics, field methods and comparative politics. She spent 2016 -17 as a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, NJ where she was working on a new book on public violence. Dr. Fujii was an associate professor at the University of Toronto. She was a member of the APSA Organized Section on Comparative Politics and the APSA Organized Section on Qualitative Methods. She was a dynamic teacher, skilled researcher and a valued mentor to many junior scholars, especially scholars from underrepresented backgrounds. To read more about Dr. Fujii and tributes to her contributions to the discipline, visit "Remembering Lee Ann Fujii"., PSNow's "Remembering: Lee Ann Fujii, University of Toronto Political Science Professor" and " 'An Ode to her Revolt:' Remembering Lee Ann Fujii" in QMMR, Spring 2018.

View the 2019 Recipients of the APSA Lee Ann Fujii Minority Fellowship Program Travel Grant