Travel Grants

The IAS provides four types of conference travel grants to support graduate students, junior scholars, and international scholars presenting at conferences where the IAS sponsors sessions.

The Italian Art Society is pleased to announce that the 2027 cycle of Travel Grants is now open!

Please visit the Travel Grants section of the Italian Art Society’s website for more information on required materials for applications. All applicants must be members of the Italian Art Society and must be logged in to the site to view the submission form and submit their application.

Unless otherwise noted below, all Travel Grant applications are due by December 15, 2026.

Please email Dr. Cate Wallace, Chair of the IAS Awards Committee, at awards@italianartsociety.org with any questions.


Chair Catherine Wallace (2028) leads the Awards Committee that awards travel and research grants to Italian Art Society (IAS) members engaged in the study of Italian art and architecture from prehistory to the present. The current Committee Members are Baily Benson (2028), Pamela Stewart (2029), and Christine Zappella Papanastassiou (2029).

For more information on each grant and the application forms see the links below or email the Chair of the IAS Awards Committee at awards@italianartsociety.org.


IAS Conference Travel Grants for Emerging Scholars
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IAS Conference Travel Grant for Modern Topics
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IAS Renaissance and Baroque Topics Travel Grant
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Dorothy F. Glass Travel Award
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