The Department of Special Collections and Archives at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, announces the availability of short-term library research grants to support scholarly use of the collections.

Library research grants are intended to provide support for travel and living expenses for scholars using any or all of the Special Collections divisions (Rare Books, Manuscripts, University Archives, or North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection) at the library. Grant amounts range from $500 to $2500, depending on the nature of the research project and the distance traveled.

Library research grants are available to scholars at any level who reside more than 90 miles away from Wake Forest University and who are conducting research directly related to materials in the library’s Special Collections. Preference will be given to projects which represent a significant scholarly contribution to their fields and to projects with a high probability of eventual publication or other public dissemination.

Application materials for the 2009/2010 academic year are due by December 1, 2009.  Award recipients will be announced by December 15, 2009.  The research residency must take place before June 30, 2010.

For more information, please contact Megan Mulder, Special Collections Librarian, at 336.758.5091 or mulder@wfu.edu .