EEach year, the offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the Princeton University Library special and distinct collections. Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings in 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).
These grants, which have a value of up to $6,000 plus transportation costs, are meant to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant will depend on the applicant’s research proposal but is ordinarily between two and four weeks. Library Research Grants can be used from May of the year they are awarded through the following April. In general, the application opens in October and closes in January. Applicants are notified in April. Applications for 2025-2026 will be accepted from October 7, 2024 through January 15, 2025 at 12pm (NOON) EST.
Doctoral students, recent doctorates, tenured and non-tenured faculty, and independent scholars from anywhere in the world are welcome to apply. Special consideration is given to researchers whose current institutional base makes it challenging to physically access Princeton’s campus.
The FPUL grant program is not open to current affiliates of Princeton University.