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Osler Library research travel grant

The Osler Library of the History of Medicine<http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-using/branches/osler-library/> of McGill University sponsors a travel grant designed to assist scholarswho need to travel and establish temporary residence in Montreal in order to use the resources of the Library. 

The Library has the largest collection of rare and secondary material in medical history in Canada, manuscripts and archives<http://osler.library.mcgill.ca/archives/> of such notables as Sir William Osler, Wilder Penfield, Norman Bethune and Maude Abbott, medical ephemera and 2,500 medical prints<http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/oslerprints/index.php>. 

Our monographic, serials and ephemera holdings are listed in the McGill Library Catalogue<http://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F/>. The grant is available to historians, physicians, graduate students and others interested in medical history. It carries an award of $1,500 (Canadian), and must be held for 2-4 weeks during calendar year 2012. $2,000 will be made available to those requiring 4 weeks to complete their research.The application form is found on our website at http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-using/branches/osler-library/grant

The applications are considered by a Committee which gives preference to specific and clearly described projects. Please submit materials for consideration by December 31, 2012.Applications or requests for further information should be addressed to:

Chris Lyons, Head Librarian

Osler Library of the History of Medicine
McGill University
3655 Promenade Sir William Osler
Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1Y6 Canada
Tel: 514 398 4475 ext. 09847
Email: christopher.lyons@mcgill.ca