Call for Proposals: Speakers Series Grants 2026–2027

The International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) is excited to announce its fourth year of Speakers Series Grants to support law & economics scholarship on campus. These grants allow recipients to bring several speakers to their campus to present current scholarship. We support year-long series, single-day panels and workshops with invited participants.

In evaluating proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year, we will place special emphasis on bringing new voices into the law & economics community, including both more junior scholars and scholars from cognate disciplines such as business and engineering.

You may apply for an ICLE Speakers Series Grant here. Applications should include a list of potential invited speakers or participants, a copy of your CV, proposed award amount, and a short paragraph noting reasons you believe such a series, panel, or workshop will be well-received at your school, any challenges you anticipate facing, and opportunities you may have for speakers to engage with non-law faculty or students.

We are currently accepting applications and will award grants on a rolling basis, through May 29. Grants are limited, so please apply as early as possible.

Awards will be made as a single payment to the recipient’s school, restricted for the use of a speakers series with speakers identified at the sole discretion of the award recipient. Speakers invited to this series should be given the same level of support afforded to any other speaker invited to your school (e.g., in terms of room availability, promotion, scheduling, etc). The precise administration of funds shall be at the discretion of the recipient. ICLE would anticipate the funds being used to support speakers’ travel and hotel costs, food and promotional materials, and a group dinner with the speaker. ICLE does not allow overhead to be charged against grants of this size.

At the end of each semester, award recipients will report to ICLE the names and affiliations of speakers and the number of faculty and students who attended their presentations (including their disciplines if they are not all law faculty and students). At the end of the academic year, award recipients will report to ICLE the amount of unspent funds.

ICLE is planning to execute these series starting Fall 2026, but we are open to proposals that envision an earlier timeline.

Please submit your application no later than Friday, May 29.