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Presidential Libraries Grants
Several private foundations associated with NARA's Presidential Libraries provide grants-in-aid to assist researchers studying Library holdings:
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The Bush Library Foundation has instituted two research grant programs
to assist scholars conducting research at the George Bush Presidential
Library. The Peter and Edith O’Donnell Research Grant supports research
in any field, but must include holdings of the George Bush Presidential
Library. The Korea Grant Program focuses on Asia, particularly Korea,
and also must include the holdings of the George Bush Presidential Library.
The Korea Grant Program is made possible through an endowment from the
Korea Foundation. Awards for both grants range from $500 to $2,500.
Information and applications for these grant programs can be received from
the foundation office.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in
support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library.
A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip
to the Ford Library. Foreign applicants are responsible for the costs
of travel between their home country and North America, since the grants
only cover travel within North America. Library collections focus
on Federal policies, institutions, and politics in the 1970s. Selected
strengths of the holdings are domestic affairs and policies, economics,
the 1976 presidential campaign, media relations, White House management
and decisionmaking, congressional relations, and foreign policy.
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association (HHPLA) annually
awards grants to researchers to cover the cost of trips to the Hoover Presidential
Library in West Branch. Funds must be used for research at the Hoover
Library. Although there is no specific dollar limit, grants have ranged
up to $1,500 per applicant in recent years. The HHPLA also will consider
larger requests for extended graduate and post-doctoral research.
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum
Limited numbers of grants-in-aid of research are awarded twice a year
by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. Deadlines for applications are
February 28 and August 31 of each year. Grants are awarded for the sole
purpose of helping to defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred
while conducting research at the library. Grants normally range in
size from $500 to $2,000. In addition, the foundation awards a "one
time only" grant of $75.00 for photocopying purposes to graduate students
enrolled within a 50-mile radius of Austin. Application forms are
available on our website or by request to the Supervisory Archivist.
Prior to submitting a grant-in-aid proposal, it is strongly recommended
that applicants contact the library for information concerning materials
available on the proposed research topic.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Each year in the spring and fall, The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
provides funds for the award of a number of research grants in the range
of $500 to $2,500. The purpose of these grants is to help defray
living, travel, and related costs incurred while doing research in the
textual and non-textual holdings of the library. Scholars and students
are invited by the Kennedy Library and Library Foundation to apply for
these research grants.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute supports a program of small
grants-in-aid, not to exceed $2500, in support of research on the "Roosevelt
years" or clearly related subjects. Grants are awarded each spring
and fall. The deadlines for grant submissions are February 15 and
September 15. Funds are awarded for the sole purpose of helping to
defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research
at the Roosevelt Library.
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
The Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International
Affairs is the private, non-profit partner of the Harry S. Truman Library.
The Institute's purpose is to foster the Truman Library as a center for
research and as a provider of educational and public programs. Applications
for funding will be considered by the Institute's Committee on Research,
Scholarship and Academic Relations. The Gilbert Foundation has partially
underwritten the grants program which includes Research Grants, Dissertation
Year Fellowships, Undergraduate Student Grants, and Scholar's Award.
Additional grants for research in Presidential Libraries are offered by The White House Historical Association
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