Library Travel Grants
Library Travel Grants support researchers’ travel and accommodation for visits to the Science History Institute’s Othmer Library to explore primary collections in science, medicine, and technology.
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Funder: Science History Institute
Due Dates: Rolling (applications and research visits accepted year-round)
Funding Amounts: $1,250 per week for visits of up to two weeks
Summary: Supports research visits to the Othmer Library’s primary collections by helping defray travel and accommodation costs.
Key Information: Applicants must reside more than 75 miles (120 km) from Philadelphia.
Description
The Science History Institute’s Othmer Library offers Library Travel Grants for research and scholarly exploration of its primary materials. The grants support short visits to consult rare and modern books, manuscripts, archival collections, oral histories, fine art, artifacts, and scientific instruments. Funding helps researchers cover travel and accommodation while working with the collections in Philadelphia.
The Institute is an independent research institute, museum, and library devoted to the history of science, medicine, and technology, with particular depth in chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences. Its collections span the 15th century to the present and include resources relevant to historians of art, business, labor, and the environment, as well as scholars in science and technology studies.
