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The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester offers two bursaries (small grants) of £5000 each towards tuition for its MSc (taught Master's) programmes, including study in the medical humanities and science communication. The awards are aimed at highly motivated students seeking to proceed to PhD study at CHSTM. The scheme is open to all suitably qualified UK and international candidates, and offered for either full-time or part-time study starting in September 2014. The award of £5000 covers the majority of the course fees for UK and EU students (£6300 full-time), or may be awarded as a contribution to the international fee (£18000 full-time). It does not include a stipend or support for accommodation. Please note that the scheme is intended for students with a strong commitment to proceeding through the MSc to PhD research. (For this reason, it is not open to medical students taking the MSc as an intercalation, or to ...

Does your research address the intersections between human and animal health? Or the role of animals in war? Or anything to do with the history of animal health and veterinary medicine (broadly construed)? If so, then please consider submitting an abstract for the 2014 congress of the World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine, to be held at Imperial College London on September 10-13. The call for papers is now open at www.veterinaryhistorylondon.com . The deadline is 31 January 2014. This meeting routinely attracts well over 100 delegates from over 20 countries. Up to 10 student bursaries are available. Our keynote speakers are: Dr Hilda Kean, Ruskin College, Oxford: ‘Animals in wartime Britain: The Home Front’ Professor Donald Frederick Smith, Professor of Surgery and Dean Emeritus, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine: ‘The Three Parts of One Health’ This meeting is generously sponsored by: The Wellcome Trust    ...

Please note that we are accepting applications for this research travel grant to the Osler Library of the History of Medicine in Montreal, Quebec. The Dr. Dimitrije Pivnicki Award in Neuro-History is offered by the Osler Library and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Library to support research in the field of neuropsychiatry and neuro-history. The award was established in 2012 by the family and friends of Dr. Pivnicki (1918-2007), who practiced and taught psychiatry at the Allen Memorial Institute of McGill University from 1956 to 1996. With degrees in law and medicine, he had a wide and eclectic interest in classic and modern languages and literature, and a keen appreciation of the history of neuropsychiatry, an area of scholarship that will be advanced by this award. The award supports a student or scholar wishing to carry out research utilizing the rich archival and monographic holdings at McGill University, such as the Penfield Archive in the Osler Library, ...

The Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, sponsors a travel grant, designed to assist scholars who need to travel to and establish temporary residence in Montreal in order to use the resources of the Library. This grant is available to historians, physicians and to those interested in the arts and humanities of medical history. It carries an award of $1,500 (Canadian), and must be held from 2-4 weeks during the calendar year of 2014. $2,000 will be made available to those requiring 4 weeks to complete their research. Application instructions are located on our website . The applications are considered by a Committee which gives preference to specific and clearly described projects. Applications for the 2014 grant must be received by December 31, 2013.  Candidates will be informed of the results early in 2014. Anna Dysert Liaison Librarian Osler Library of the History of Medicine anna.dysert@mcg...

Mary Louise Nickerson Research Fellowship in Neuro History, Osler Library, McGill University Established in 2011 by Granville H. Nickerson, M.D., C.M., in honour and in memory of his wife, Mary Louise, the fellowship will allow a scholar to carry out research in the history of neurology using the Neuro History archival and artifact collections at the Osler Library, the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the McGill University Archives, the centrepiece of which is the Dr. Wilder Penfield Archive in the Osler Library.  The Osler Library’s collections are listed in the  McGill Library Catalogue  and the  Osler Library Archives Collection website .    Terms :  Value varies depending on the project, to a maximum of  $10,000 .  More than one fellowship may be awarded during each fiscal year.  The fellow is required to carry out research in Montreal during the 2014-15 fiscal year (May 2014-April 2015).  May be ...