Travel Grants Available at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh

The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce travel grants for the 2010 calendar year. The purpose of these grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. The grants are sponsored by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. They are available at the range of $250-$500 for each candidate depending on the need and the location of the individual. Special consideration will be given to those researchers in southwestern Pennsylvania and the nearby regions with no major East Asian collections, and without receiving such grants previously.

The application deadline is March 20, 2010. Grants will be awarded by March 31, 2010. The awards must be used before July 15, 2010.

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:

Hong Xu, Head of the East Asian Library

207L Hillman Library University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Email: hgxu@pitt.edu

The East Asian Library at Pitt consists of over 418,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The primary focus of the collection is on humanities and social sciences. For further information about the East Asian Library and its collections, please visit our web site at http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/eal/Resources.htm