Application: Grants for attending the LIASA 2023 Conference
Closed: 14 September 2023

LIASA is calling for applications from paid-up individual 2023 members for attendance grants for the LIASA 2023 Conference, to be held from 10- 13 October 2023.  These grants are made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. Please note that your application does not guarantee grant allocation. LIASA reserves the right not to allocate the grants and no correspondence will be entered into.

Please note:

• Only online application forms will be accepted - see the form below.
• Forms must be completed in English.
• Applicants who applied for a grant to attend in person must make pay their own travel and accommodation costs - the grant covers registration fees only.
• Applicants who applied for a grant to attend the conference virtually must have their own equipment and data to attend the Virtual Conference.
  
  

Criteria:

• Preference will be given to applicants from the Public and Community Libraries in South Africa.
• Only individual paid up members for the current year will be considered.
• Preference will be given to individual paid-up members with 3 years or more current consecutive LIASA  membership.
• Applicants must NOT have registered or paid for conference attendance as yet. 
  

Terms and Conditions:

• Each grantee must submit a report within 30 days of the close of the conference.  Report specifications and questions will be emailed to the grantees after the Conference.  Failure to submit a report will disqualify you for all future grants. 
• Should you have been awarded a grant and failed to attend, you might have to refund the equivalent of the registration fee.
• Grants awarded are not transferable.
• No cash payments will be made to any grantee. 
• The selection committee's decision is final.  No correspondence will be entered into. 
• Applicants must have prior consent from their line manager / head of the institution before their application is submitted.
• Applications closed midnight on Friday 14 September 2023.  No late applications will be considered.

Declaration:

I hereby declare that all the information provided below is correct.  I further understand that I will not be supplied with equipment or data to attend the Virtual Conference or receive financial assistance for travel and accommodation costs, and will have to have to find other financial support for these expenses should I be successful in my application for a grant to attend the LIASA 2023 Conference.  I also declare that I have permission from my employer to  apply to attend at the LIASA 2023 Conference and that my employer will grant me leave of absence for the duration.