Travel Grants at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh

The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce its 2016 travel grants. These grants are made available through special funding from the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. The purpose of the grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. The grants will be available up to $500 for each candidate depending on the need and the location of the individual. Special consideration will be given to those researchers in Pennsylvania and the nearby region whose libraries have no major East Asian collections, and without receiving such grants previously.

The East Asian Library at Pitt consists of over 490,000 volumes/items in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English. The primary focus of the collections is on humanities and social sciences. For further information about the East Asian Library and its collections, please visit our website at http://www.library.pitt.edu/eal-collections-resources.

Applications received before May 31 will receive priority consideration. To apply, please send a letter of application with a brief description of your research topic, a curriculum vitae, the type/subject of materials you need, and an estimated budget to Haihui Zhang, Head of the East Asian Library at haihuiz@pitt.edu.

Haihui Zhang

Head, East Asian Library

207L Hillman Library

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Email: haihuiz@pitt.edu

2016-17 Stanford East Asia Library Travel Grants

2016-17 Stanford East Asia Library Travel Grants

The East Asia Library at Stanford University is now accepting applications for its 2016-17 library travel grants. The purpose of these grants is to assist scholars from outside the greater San Francisco Bay Area in accessing the Stanford East Asia Library collections for research. Funded by the Department of Education Title VI program, the Stanford Center for East Asian Studies will award up to six grants on a competitive basis to help defray the cost of travel and lodging for scholars of East Asia at other institutions who wish to utilize the collections at the Stanford East Asia Library. The grants will be paid as reimbursements of expenses in compliance with University travel guidelines. The Stanford East Asia Library collection includes roughly 770,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and western languages. Further information about the library collections is available at https://library.stanford.edu/eal.

Eligibility

Scholars (faculty and advanced graduate students) of East Asia at other U.S. institutions who wish to utilize the collection at the Stanford East Asia Library between August 15, 2016 and August 14, 2017. Priority consideration will be given to those at institutions where there are no or few library resources in the East Asian languages, and no major East Asian library collections are available nearby. Please note that award travel must be completed and receipts submitted for reimbursement before August 14, 2017.

Applicants do not have to be US citizens, but travel should originate and terminate in the US; no international tickets are allowed.

Amount

Up to $750 per trip.

Application Procedures

Please submit your applications here:

* A brief statement (not to exceed 250 words) describing your research, the need to use the East Asia Library collections, and proposed travel dates

* A list of resources you would like to access (applicants must check availability of these resources in the Library's online catalog or by contacting the relevant area librarian prior to submitting applications)

* An estimated budget

* A current curriculum vita

Deadline

Applications are due by May 31, 2016

For questions regarding eligibility or travel restrictions, please contactJohn Groschwitz, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies

Phone: 650.736.1759

Email: jgroschwitz@stanford.edu

For questions regarding Stanford East Asia Library collections, please contact relevant area librarian to be found at:https://library.stanford.edu/eal/staff-directory