We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for The 16th Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediAsia2025) to be held in Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan, and online between November 04–08, 2025.
In total, we received 54 scholarship applications.
Launched in 2016, IAFOR’s grants and scholarships programme provides financial support to PhD students and early career academics, with the aim of helping them pursue research excellence and achieve their academic goals through interdisciplinary study and interaction.
Our warmest congratulations go to the following scholarship recipients.
IAFOR Scholarship Recipients
David Clement, Adeleke University, Nigeria
Intercultural Relations and Educational Development: A Focus on Nigeria and China
Erwin James Dela Cruz, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Interplay of Institutional Pathways and Queer Identities in BL Media in the Philippines and Thailand
Tan Gia Bao Huynh, Waseda University, Japan
The Queer Yōkai
Chandrakant Kamble, Amity School of Communication, India
Talking Dalit Women Through Their Own Voice: A Case Study of ‘Khabar Lahariya’
About IAFOR’s Grants and Scholarships
IAFOR is dedicated to helping young scholars achieve their research and academic goals, while also encouraging them to apply the principles of interdisciplinary study to their work. IAFOR offers travel and accommodation grants and full or partial scholarships covering conference registration fees to PhD students and early career academics who might not otherwise have the financial resources to be able to attend our academic conferences.
Awards are based on the appropriateness of the educational opportunity in relation to the applicant’s field of study, financial need, and contributions to their community and to IAFOR’s mission of interdisciplinarity. Scholarships will be awarded based on availability of funds from IAFOR and will vary with each conference. The Organising Committee of the relevant IAFOR conference will award scholarships to eligible applicants who have submitted exceptional abstracts that have passed the blind peer review process and been accepted for presentation at one of our conferences.
For further information on IAFOR grants and scholarships, please visit the Grants and Scholarships page of the IAFOR website.
<2025 Grants and Scholarships
Grants and scholarships are still available for IAFOR conferences with open abstract submission deadlines. If you are eligible for an IAFOR grant or scholarship and would like to be considered, please submit your abstract to the conference you would like to attend and select the checkbox for the relevant award during the submission process.
