Friends of the princeton university library research grant program

You are responsible for ensuring your letters are received by the due date. Applications with missing elements will not be considered. The proposal should address specifically the relevance to the proposed research of unique resources found in the Princeton University Library collections. Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, including Mudd Library; as well as rare books in Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and in the East Asian Library Gest Collection.

Applicants should have specific Princeton resources in mind as they prepare their proposals. The general circulating collections and electronic resources of the Princeton University Library are not relevant for purposes of this grant program. Student members receive access to Friends activities and are invited to events specifically designed for them by the Student Friends of the Library. Student memberships are free of charge.

Research projects are focused on scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings of PUL. The Chronicle is an interdisciplinary journal whose mission is to publish articles of scholarly importance and general interest based on research in the collections of the Princeton University Library. Genova was also approached by Leger to consider contributing an article to the Chronicle based on her research.

She was able to take the opportunity to propose and write an article based on a set of manuscripts that were unrelated to the scope of her initial research but that she first came across during her time in the Special Collections. Both articles will appear in the forthcoming issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle, which will be openly available through JSTOR in the first quarter of Applications for the grant year open on Monday, October 11, The deadline to submit completed applications is January 14, Research grant program at Princeton University Library kicks off October 11th.

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