Application: Grants for attending the LIASA 2025 Conference
Open until 31 July 2025

LIASA invites applications from 2025 paid-up individual members for attendance grants to support participation in the LIASA 2025 Conference, taking place from 30 September - 03 October 2025.  These grants are made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. Please note that submission of an application does not guarantee the allocation of a grant. LIASA reserves the right not to allocate the grants and no correspondence will be entered into regarding unsuccessful applications.

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 pay their own travel and accommodation costs - the grant covers conference registration fees only.
  
  

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. 
• First preference will be given to qualifying members who did not receive this grant in 2024.

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 upon accepting this grant.  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 closes midnight on Thursday 31 July 2025.  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 2025 Conference.  I also declare that I have permission from my employer to  apply to attend at the LIASA 2025 Conference and that my employer will grant me leave of absence for the duration.