Please note that we are not currently accepting applications

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍøLibrary-Raymond Klibansky Research Travel Grant is intended to enable researchers from outside the Montreal area, both established scholars and graduate students, to work on a research project that requires access to material held, in whole or in part, in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Library. 

The research should require a stay of a minimum of two weeks.

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍøLibrary-Klibansky Research Travel Grant, with a value of up to $4000.00 (Cdn), is open on a competitive basis.

Applicants must provide:

  1. A 750 work maximum description of the intended project, which must include a description of the material at RBSC which will be consulted; 
  2. A current curriculum vitæ; 
  3. The dates they intend to work in the library.

Each successful recipient of the grant is required to submit a written report of their time at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøthat will be published on the grant's website, and potentially give a talk about their work.  The recipient will also be expected to acknowledge the library's support in future presentations of the work resulting from research undertaken at McGill.

Applications should be sent to: rarebooks.library [at] mcgill.ca (subject: McGill%20Raymond%20Klibansky%20Collection%20Research%20Grant) (rarebooks[dot]library[at]mcgill[dot]ca)