Call for Applications – Young Scholars Program
Joint Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the History of Economics Society (HES)
Université Côte d’Azur, GREDEG, Nice, France
26-29 May 2026
The organizing committee of the 2026 joint ESHET/HES conference invites early-career scholars—persons currently enrolled in a PhD program, or who have been awarded a PhD after 2022—to apply for support from the Young Scholars Program.
Applicants for a Young Scholar award are required to submit a full paper for the committee’s consideration, and up to fifteen submissions will be selected for an award. Papers co-authored by PhD supervisors or other senior scholars are not eligible. The selected papers will be distributed into thematic sessions throughout the program to maximize engagement with other scholars working on related topics.
Scholars travelling from Europe will receive up to €700 to cover their travel and accommodation expenses to attend the conference, whereas scholars travelling from overseas will be eligible for grants of up to €1,100. All grantees will also benefit from free registration, event tickets, and one-year HES and ESHET memberships.
Individuals who meet the criteria set out above and wish to be considered for a Young Scholar award must complete the following two-step process:
- If you wish to be considered for the Young Scholars Programme, submit your abstract via the "Paper Submission" page of the website. Prefix your title with the tag [YSP].
- Example: [YSP] Title of your paper
- Email a CV and a paper no longer than 9000 words to:
eshet-secretary@eshet.eu by January 15, 2026.
Papers not selected for the grant will still be considered for presentation in the conference parallel sessions.