The Freer|Sackler Library Travel Grant Program 2012 assists students and scholars of Chinese and Japanese art residing outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan area who wish to use the library’s collections for their research. Funding for this program is provided by the Washington Art Library Resources Committee (WALRC).
The purpose of the grants is to provide some travel and lodging support to scholars wishing to use the Freer | Sackler Library’s collection for research.
The Library of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery originated as a collection of four thousand monographs, periodical issues, offprints, and sales catalogs that Charles Lang Freer donated to the Smithsonian Institution as part of his gift to the nation. With more than eighty-six thousand volumes, the Library now is considered one of the finest repositories of Asian art resources in the United States. Also, since 1996 the Library has been a depository library for exhibition/collection catalogs published in Japan, making over 4200 catalogs available via interlibrary loan.
Library website: http://www.asia.si.edu/research/library.asp
Five grants of $1,000 each will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduate students and established East Asian art scholars. Travel grants are valid for one year from the date awarded.
The application deadline is June 1, 2012. Applicants for a travel grant are expected to provide a description of the project, including scope, research objectives, and anticipated results. They also are expected to provide a general budget and timeline estimate for their proposed visit to the Freer|Sackler Library. See the application form (PDF, 58kb) for more details on requirements.
Please email applications or any questions to Reiko Yoshimura, head librarian, at yoshire@si.edu.
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