Bursaries are awarded through several schemes.
Please check the specific eligibility conditions associated with each scheme.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
An application will only be accepted from a participant who:
- Is already registered.
- Has submitted at least one communication accepted by the session organizers.
- Each individual participant may apply only to one scheme.
All applications must be sent to the organizing committee. It is at the committee’s discretion to award a bursary from another bursary scheme than the one applied for.
- Filled and signed bursary application form
- Curriculum vitae
- Copy of accepted abstract(s) with number and title of session
Bursaries will be awarded upon evaluation and decision by the relevant bursary panel. All bursaries comprise a waiver for UISPP membership fees (for the 2027–2029 cycle) and XXI UISPP World Congress conference fees, as well as a financial travel aid (paid after arrival at the congress, upon presentation of receipts) and free accommodation at the congress venue, courtesy of Adam Mickiewicz University.*
Bursary amounts are calculated based on the point-to-point distance between airport of departure (closest to place of residence) and Poznań–Ławica Airport (or railway station at place of residence to Poznań Główny railway station in the case of rail travel).
- Long haul flight more than 8000 km 750 € (Type A)
- Between 4000 and 8000 km 550 € (Type B)
- Between 2000 and 4000 km 350 € (Type C)
- Less than 2000 km 200 € (Type D)
The stated amounts constitute the maximum amount awarded for the respective bursary type. Only vouched transportation expenditure will be reimbursed. The deadline for all bursary applications is 31 March 2026. Each applicant is only eligible to receive one grant, from either scheme, regardless of the number of sessions they organize and papers or posters they present.
BURSARY SCHEME 1: International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
Eligibility criteria:
- Unfunded/self-funded PhD candidates and early-career researchers (within two years of PhD award) not in receipt of any postdoctoral funding.
- Preference will be given to applicants not previously in receipt of any UISPP congress bursary.
- Available bursaries based on a balanced distribution of bursary types: c. 30 grants.
BURSARY SCHEME 2: Adam Mickiewicz University
Eligibility criteria:
- Applicants at any career stage with personal financial need, including those from low-income and lower-middle-income economies, unemployed, or retired on modest income.**
- Preference will be given to applicants not previously in receipt of any UISPP congress bursary.
- Available bursaries based on a balanced distribution of bursary types: c. 30 grants.
* Accommodation will normally be in double-occupancy rooms. Requests for single occupancy will be considered subject to availability and at the discretion of the bursary panel, at a cost of €40 per night, payable by the bursary holder.
** This bursary is intended to assist colleagues with genuine financial need; it is not designed for those employed in well-resourced institutions lacking travel support.