Reminder-History of Medicine Travel Grants, Duke University
Reminder - the deadline to receive applications is
January 31, 2014.
Details follow below.
The History of Medicine
in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript
Library<http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/index.html>
at Duke University is pleased to announce our new travel grant program.
The History of Medicine Collections offers research
grants of up to $1,000 to researchers whose work would benefit from access to
the historical medical collections at the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript
Library. Our holdings include over 20,000 print items and 4,500 unique
manuscripts along with prints, photographs, and approximately 500 medical
instruments and artifacts including a large collection of ivory anatomical
manikins.
Collection strengths include but are not limited to
pediatrics, psychiatry, human sexuality, yellow fever, and materia medica.
Any faculty member, graduate or undergraduate student, or
independent scholar with a research project requiring the use of materials held
by the History of Medicine Collections is eligible to apply. All applicants
must reside outside of a 100-mile radius of Durham, NC.
We encourage each prospective grant applicant to discuss
his or her research project and the collections that might support it with the
Curator before submitting an application.
The travel grant may cover:
* Transportation expenses, including air, train, or bus
ticket charges; car rental; mileage using a personal vehicle; and parking fees
* Accommodations
* Meals
To apply:
* Review the application instructions carefully. A sample
application form<http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/services/grants/application2014.pdf>
is available as a PDF for reference purposes only.
* Complete the online application
form<https://duke.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eM1b4Yw9luQLQuV>,
which includes your C.V. (You may start the form and return to it later, but it
must be completed within a week from the same computer and browser.)
* Graduate and undergraduate students must ask a faculty
advisor to write them a letter of recommendation. We will not consider an
application complete until we receive the recommendation.
* Advisors may submit a letter of recommendation as an
e-mail attachment to rachel.ingold@duke.edu<mailto:rachel.ingold@duke.edu>
or mail a hardcopy letter to:
History of Medicine Collections
Attn: Research Grant Program
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Box 90185 Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0185
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2014 by 5:00
PM EST. Grant recipients will be announced by March 28, 2014. Grants must be
used between April 2014 and June 2015.
Please view our
website<http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/services/grants/index.html>
for further details or feel free to contact the Curator of the History of
Medicine Collections at rachel.ingold@duke.edu<mailto:rachel.ingold@duke.edu>
or (919)684-8549.