Goal

The goal of the RaAM Research Grant project is to promote research on all types of figurative language carried out by RaAM members. We particularly encourage RaAM members to submit research proposals in areas not yet well represented in metaphor research, whether it be geographical areas, certain languages, or research in any area of diversity, equity and inclusivity including gender, race, LGBTQIA studies, etc. The ideal project will be a stand-alone study that can be published as a journal article.

The RaAM Research Grant does not cover any costs associated to sharing existing research (please refer to the RaAM Building Bridges Fund for that) but rather it is meant to support the development of original research. Applicants will be allowed to submit proposals for one of these grants / funds only.

Requirement

The principal investigator (PI) needs to have an active RaAM membership at the application deadline and during the period during which the grant is being carried out and the grant expectations (below) are being fulfilled.

Applicants will be allowed to submit proposals for one grant / fund only.

Application deadline: 30th April 2023

Announcement:

Call to be announced in December 2022 (newsletter)

Winners to be announced at the conference (June 2023)

Timeframe of research project: 1 year

1 year: July 2023 – July 2024 (possibility of delaying start of the project until September 2023)

Budget

You can apply for up to 2000 GBP per project (total budget available for this round for all projects: 4000 GBP).

Requests for funding may include: software, books, e-books, money to pay participants in an offline or online experiment, economy class travel for data collection, daily allowance for room/board for data collection, or expenses related to a public engagement activity.

Requests for funding may not include: phones, computers, salary for an assistant, attending conferences (note that there are separate bursaries that can be applied for to attend a RaAM conference)

Half of the grant will be given to awardees at the start of the project in July 2023. The remaining grant money must be submitted within 13 months after the start date with copies of all the receipts as well as all the expenditures clearly listed in an Excel file. In addition, the below expectations must be fulfilled prior to getting the second half of the grant.

Grant expectations

If you receive this grant, you will be expected to provide:

1. a short abstract for the RaAM newsletter prior to the start of the project (June 2023);

2. a short write-up of the results for the RaAM newsletter after you complete the grant (June or October 2024);

3. a three-minute lightning presentation at the RaAM 2023 Annual General Meeting. 

In addition, we encourage the awardees to submit a full abstract to the RaAM 2024 conference. We also request that any output (academic books/articles/chapters or non-academic reports or events) acknowledge the RaAM Research Grant and associated grant number and be reported to the RaAM Executive Committee upon publication.