Hello Friends of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies,
It is time to nominate students for the ICAS 2026 Annual Scholars (no money, but instead recognition).
Annual Scholars
- Britches Scholar of the Year (founded in 2010): ICAS recognizes one graduate or undergraduate student from around the world who is working theoretically and practically on animal rights activism or alternatives to animal studies and research. If you are interested in being an ICAS Britches Scholar of the Year, please send 1) a 750 to 1000-word statement detailing your accomplishments, academic work, advocacy, and academic and political goals; 2) three recommendation letters; and 3) your CV. The position is a one year appointment.
- Tyke Scholar of the Year (founded in 2010): ICAS recognizes one graduate or undergraduate student from around the world who is working theoretically and practically on alternatives to domestication and colonization of other-than-human animals. If you are interested in being an ICAS Tyke Scholar of the Year, please send 1) a 750 to 1000-word statement detailing your accomplishments, academic work, advocacy, and academic and political goals; 2) three recommendation letters; and 3) your CV. The position is a one year appointment.
- Hilda Scholar of the Year (founded in 2012): ICAS recognizes one graduate or undergraduate student from around the world who is working theoretically and practically on alternatives to the agricultural industrial complex, slaughterhouses, factory farms, dairy farms, and other exploitative violent agricultural practices used for food, clothes, medicine, and other nonhuman animal based products. If you are interested in being an ICAS Hilda Scholar of the Year, please send 1) a 750 to 1000-word statement on your accomplishments, academic work, advocacy, and academic and political goals; 2) three recommendation letters; and 3) your CV. The position is a one year appointment.
- Ham Scholar of the Year (founded in 2020): ICAS recognizes one graduate or undergraduate student from around the world who is working theoretically and practically on alternatives to animal experimentation and the medical industrial complex. If you are interested in being an ICAS Ham Scholar of the Year, please send 1) a 750 to 1000-word statement on your accomplishments, academic work, advocacy, and academic and political goals; 2) three recommendation letters; and 3) your CV. The position is a one year appointment.
- Lennox Scholar of the Year (founded in 2020): ICAS recognizes one graduate or undergraduate student from around the world who is working theoretically and practically on alternatives to breeding, puppy mills, and the pet industrial complex. If you are interested in being an ICAS Ham Scholar of the Year, please send 1) a 750 to 1000-word statement on your accomplishments, academic work, advocacy, and academic and political goals; 2) three recommendation letters; and 3) your CV. The position is a one year appointment.
- Cecil Scholar of the Year (founded in 2020): ICAS recognizes one graduate or undergraduate student from around the world who is working theoretically and practically on alternatives to corporate hunting, sport game, animal entertainment, and the military industrial complex targeting animals. If you are interested in being an ICAS Ham Scholar of the Year, please send 1) a 750 to 1000 word statement on your accomplishments, academic work, advocacy, and academic and political goals; 2) three recommendation letters; and 3) your CV. The position is a one year appointment.
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SUBMIT
Submit nominations from December 1 to December 31 of each year, with announcements in January.
These awards are decided by the Board of Directors of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies and facilitated by the Director of the Critical Animal Studies Society.
The renewable Annual Scholars position (with no financial support) is a one year appointment for students.
If you would like to apply, please send:
1) a short biography third person one paragraph around 120 words;
2) four research interests;
3) your resumé/CV;
4) Full name, phone-number, e-mail, and mailing address to:
Dr. Richard Kahn, Director, Critical Animal Studies Society
rkahn@antioch.edu
