Special Collections Travel Grant

The Eberly Family Special Collections Library on the University Park campus of Penn State offers travel awards of $1,200 for researchers whose work would benefit from access to the collections held at Penn State.

Currently, three travel grants are available:

The Dorothy Foehr Huck Research Travel Award: Supports two awards for researchers using any of the Special Collections Library collections.
The Helen F. Faust Women Writers Research Travel Award: Supports one award for researchers working on a project including women writers that would benefit from use of the Special Collections Library’s collections.

Researchers receiving the awards would be expected to use the collections during the period of June to August of 2013. They will also be expected to participate in an informal public talk with library staff about their research project.

Who is eligible?

Any faculty member, graduate student, or independent scholar with a research project requiring the use of materials held by the Special Collections Library is eligible to apply. All applicants must reside outside of a 100-mile radius of State College, PA.

Research topics should be strongly supported by the collections of the Special Collections Library. We encourage each prospective grant applicant to discuss his or her research project and the collections that might support it with Special Collections staff before submitting an application. For information about the collections, please visit our website.

What expenses does the award cover?

There is no restriction on how the award may be used as long as the researcher visits the Special Collections Library during the proscribed period. Please note that depending on how the award is used there may be tax implications for the recipients.