
Financial Support
If registration fees might prevent your participation in the Annual Meeting, apply for a scholarship to reduce or eliminate the obstacle.
Need to pay later? Choose to pay later by choosing “pay by invoice” at check out when you register.
On the other hand, if you can make a contribution now to help fund others’ access to the annual meeting, thank you!
Annual Meeting Registration Fee Waiver
If registration fees might prevent your participation in the annual meeting, you may apply for a scholarship to reduce or eliminate the obstacle.
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AFS and Section Travel Stipends
AFS and some AFS Sections provide stipends to support participation in the AFS Annual Meeting. Find out more about AFS and Section awards.
Prizes and Grants -
AFS Gerald L. Davis Fund Grants
The following information was last updated for 2021. This award will be offered in 2022, but some details are still to be determined.
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AFS Stipends for International Participants
AFS offers a limited number of travel stipends on a competitive basis for folklorists and other cultural specialists from outside the United
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AFS Student Travel Stipends
AFS provides stipends of $300 each to selected students whose presentations are accepted for the annual meeting program. There are no additi
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Independent and Public Folklore Travel Stipend
The AFS Public Programs Section and the Independent Folklorists’ Section offer an AFS Annual Meeting travel stipend of $750.00.
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Women’s and Independent Folklorists’ Sections’ Annual Meeting Award
The AFS Independent Folklorists’ Section and the Women’s Section offer an Annual Meeting Award of $750 to attend the AFS Annual Meeting.
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Polly Stewart Student Travel Stipend
Each year, the Women's Section awards a travel stipend to one or more students to attend the American Folklore Society meeting. If enough q
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Archie Green Student Travel Award
The AFS Public Programs Section will provide up to three awards of up to $500 each, named for folklorist and activist Archie Green of San Fr
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Elaine J. Lawless Travel Award
The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of AFS awards a travel stipend in honor of distinguished folklorist, religious folk