1) Bursaries of The Biblical and Early Studies Program and the Kudos Foundation:

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The Biblical and Early Christian Studies Program at ACU’s Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry has been generously awarded funding from the Kudos Foundation to provide bursaries to support students from Australian universities to attend and present research on ancient Greek and Latin texts at the XX. International Conference on Patristic Studies at Oxford (2-6 August 2027). The bursaries will be $2,000 AUD each. To be eligible, you must be a current honours, masters, or doctoral student at an Australian university and you must have a paper accepted for the conference on a topic related to Greek and Latin texts. 

 

To apply, please send the following to matthew.crawford@acu.edu.au: 1) CV; 2) confirmation of paper acceptance; 3) the paper title and abstract; and 4) a note from your supervisor endorsing your participation in the conference. In your email, please also indicate whether or not you have access to your own institutional funding to support your travel. The deadline to apply is 31 October 2026. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by 30 November 2026. If you have submitted a proposal for the conference but have not yet received notice of acceptance of your paper, please indicate this in your application email; your application will still be considered, pending acceptance of your proposal.

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2) Bursaries of AIEP:

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Applications for bursaries offered by AIEP for the upcoming Oxford International Patristics Conference (August 2027) are now open to all advanced doctoral students and postdoctoral/early career researchers (including independent scholars) who are intending to present a paper. We kindly invite you to spread the news and encourage suitable people to apply.

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Candidates should send the following to matthieu.cassin@irht.cnrs.fr and to the relevant National correspondent before the end of August 2026:

1. proposed title and abstract of the communication in Oxford;

2. CV

3. if applicable, a short statement of financial circumstances and any other funding sources for this conference.

4. a short statement of reference from the PhD supervisor or another academic colleague who knows the work of the candidate well (affiliation of the supervisor to AIEP will be taken into account).

   Grants covering the registration fees (and perhaps some additional help) will be made after paper proposals have been accepted by the Conference committee.

    Bursary winners will be announced in autumn 2026.