Collaborative research and development initiative, Building a National Finding Aid Network, receives IMLS funding - July 29, 2020
The California Digital Library has announced a $982,175 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS – National Leadership Grants for Libraries grant program) to conduct a two-year research and demonstration project designed to build the foundation for a national archival finding aid network.… Read More
Library’s linked-data project gets new grant - July 29, 2020
A $2.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is boosting a multi-institution initiative to develop tools and workflows that improve the sharing of catalogue data among libraries and help internet users discover library resources on the web. Known as Linked Data for Production,… Read More
New NEH grant to support Cornell University Press’ open-access effort - July 27, 2020
A new grant to Cornell University Press (CUP) from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will support scholarly communication through open-access publishing in collaboration with Cornell University Library. The $103,336 economic stabilisation grant will fund a new project, Open Access… Read More
NIH to invest $58M to catalyse data science and health research discoveries across Africa - July 27, 2020
The National Institutes of Health has launched a $58 million initiative to advance data science, catalyse innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa. The new five-year program, Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa), will leverage existing… Read More
American Cancer Society, Emerson Collective grants support collaborative online research - July 22, 2020
The American Cancer Society and Emerson Collective have launched a partnership to support innovative, collaborative research projects using TheoryLab®, the American Cancer Society's online platform for funded researchers. The TheoryLab Collaborative (TLC) Grant mechanism is designed to support new and transdisciplinary collaborations among TheoryLab users to… Read More
Ex Libris launches Funding Insights dashboard, offering unique insights into status of Global Research Funding - July 17, 2020
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced the launch of a new website with free access, the Funding Insights dashboard, which offers unique insights into the state of global research funding opportunities. With the research funding landscape changing rapidly as a result of the COVID-19… Read More
UKRI confirms COVID-19 grant extension allocation to ensure crucial world-leading research - June 29, 2020
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced deployment of £180 million of funding for organisations to sustain UKRI grant-funded research and fellowships affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of a wider package announced by the Government to support the continuation… Read More
SAGE Publishing announces winners of 2020 SAGE Ocean Concept Grant - May 11, 2020
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the winners of the 2020 SAGE Ocean Concept Grant, with £15,000 awarded to Knowsir, a GDPR-compliant portal for researchers and participants to manage their consent relationship. Five further grants of £2,000 are… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched launches new global open access funding round - May 4, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), has announced the launch of the seventh round of funding. It includes the KU Select Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) collection of books familiar to libraries, as well as nearly 20 discipline-specific collections developed in partnerships… Read More
Emerald Publishing launches publishing fund to cover APCs, supporting Social Scientists to make their research on health emergencies such as Covid-19 rapidly available - March 17, 2020
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has launched a publishing fund of £20,000 to cover the article publishing charges (APCs) for any research that relates to societal impacts as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) and similar health emergencies. As the Covid-19 outbreak continues to… Read More
