Prizes | Study and Travel Grants | Lectureship
	The Juliet McLauchlan Prize The annual prize is awarded by the Joseph Conrad Society (UK) for an essay on any aspect of the works and/or life of Joseph Conrad. The prize is dedicated to the memory of Juliet McLauchlan, a much loved Conradian and the Society's original and long-serving chair, by encouraging writing from new Conradians. The value of the prize is £200. The essay competition is designed to foster work by new Conradians and emerging scholars, including undergraduates, postgraduates, and independent scholars of any age, subject to the proviso that entrants should not have held a full-time academic appointment for more than three years. Essays must be original and between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length. The essay must be in English and should be typed double-spaced, and cannot have been previously published in any form. The winner of the 2011 Prize is Kim Salmons, for an essay on vegetarianism and anarchy in The Secret Agent. The 2012 competition will be announced in the early Spring of 2012. Essays are usually due in April or May.
	Conference Travel Grant: In Memoriam Gail Fraser In remembrance of Gail Fraser (1939-2011), Bruce Fraser has provided funds for a young scholar either in the final stages of doctoral studies or within three years of obtaining the doctorate to defray costs of attending the Society's annual conference. Gail Fraser, who taught in the Department of English at Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, was a specialist on Conrad's short fiction on which she wrote her dissertation at the University of British Columbia, the basis of her Interweaving Patterns in the Works of Joseph Conrad (1988). In addition to other essays on this topic, she contributed to The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad (1996) and wrote the Introduction to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories (Penguin, 2007). Applicants must be members of the Society at the time of application. There is no restriction as to whether they hold a full or part-time position, or whether other support is available. (Applicants may also wish to apply for the Society's travel grants.) The annual grant is £300, which will be given to one individual or shared, as determined by the awards committee. Awardees of the grant will be named on this website. An application form will be made available each Spring on this website. For further information, please contact Dr Allan H. Simmons, Society Treasurer: TheConradian@aol.com
	The Philip J. Conrad Memorial Lectureship Established in 2004, with funds from the Juliet and Mac McLauchlan Bequest, the Lectureship honours the memory of the Society's long-serving president, the late Philip J. Conrad (1924-2004), Conrad's grandson. Awarded every two years to a distinguished scholar, the Lectureship entails delivery of a lecture at a Society conference and, normally, publication in The Conradian. Nominations for lecturers may be made to the Executive Committee. The lectureship has been held as follows: 2005 by Jacques Berthoud, Emeritus Professor, York University, who delivered his lecture on Nostromo at Amsterdam 2007 by J. H. Stape, Research Fellow in English, St Mary's University, Twickenham, who spoke on Conrad and biography at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 2009 by Andrea White, Professor, California State University at Dominguez Hills, who spoke on Victory at the University Women's Club, London 2011 by C. T. Watts, Research Professor, University of Sussex, who spoke on political and aesthetic aspects of “Heart of Darkness” at the University Women's Club, London
	Study and Travel Grants The Joseph Conrad Society provides discretionary support for scholars and researchers not having access to other sources of funding to participate in the annual conference. The Society may, from time to time, offer a small discretionary grant-in-aid to support a project, and has awarded small grants for specific purposes to the website Conrad First and The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. Details of the ways in which the Joseph Conrad Society supports scholars and researchers are available from the following: The Honorary Secretary The Joseph Conrad Society (UK) c/o The Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) 238-246 King Street London W6 ORF United Kingdom Alternatively, please e-mail the Society's Treasurer, Dr Allan H. Simmons TheConradian@aol.com