History of Medicine Grants

Pressman Award

Pressman Award Competition Announcement for 2009
Jack D. Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award
20th Century History of Medicine or Science

This award honors Jack D. Pressman, Ph.D., a distinguished historian of medicine and Associate Professor of the History of the Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco at the time of his early and unexpected death in June 1997. The award and stipend of $1,000 is given yearly for outstanding work in twentieth-century history of medicine or medical science, as demonstrated by the completion of the Ph.D. and a proposal to turn the dissertation into a publishable monograph.

The Ph.D. must have been completed and the degree granted within the last five years (i.e., 2004–2008). The application must include a curriculum vitae, the dissertation abstract, a one-page summary of the proposed book; a description (not exceeding two pages) of the work to be undertaken for publication; and two letters of support from faculty members knowledgeable about the applicant’s dissertation.

The Award will be presented at the 2009 meeting of the Association, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, 23 - 26 April. (The award also includes a ticket to the annual banquet of the Association.) The application, including all supporting materials, must be postmarked by 31 December 2008 and addressed to the
Chair of the Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Committee,
Conevery Bolton Valencius
Department of the History of Science
Harvard University
Science Center 371
One Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
cvalenc@fas.harvard.edu
(617) 471-5574

More information may be obtained from the AAHM Web site or from the Committee Chair.

The J. Worth Estes Prize

This award was established in honor of J. Worth Estes, M.D., in recognition of his many years of invaluable contributions to the American Association for the History of Medicine and to scholarship in the history of medicine. The award is made annually for the best published paper in the history of pharmacology during the previous two years, whether appearing in a journal or a book collection of papers. The choice of topic reflects Worth Estes’s long tenure as Professor of 700 news and events Bull. Hist. Med., 2008, 82 Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University and his own scholarship in the history of pharmacology.

For the purpose of this award, the history of pharmacology will be defined broadly to include ancient and traditional materia medica, folk medicines, herbal medicines, the pharmaceuticals and medications of the modern era, pharmaceutics, and the like. It shall encompass the discovery of medicaments, basic investigations about them, their characteristics and properties, their preparation and marketing, and their therapeutic applications.

While the committee will be monitoring relevant journals and books where such papers might appear, they welcome nominations of papers that would be eligible for consideration. The nomination should consist of a letter citing the work nominated along with a copy of the paper. For the current award, candidate papers will be those published in 2007 and
2008. Papers in languages other than English should be accompanied by a translation or detailed precis.

Nominations should be directed to the Chair of the Committee,
Jan McTavish, Alcorn State University,
Department of Social Sciences,
Lorman, MS, 39096
mctavish@alcorn.edu

Nominations must be received by the Committee Chair by 15 January 2009.
The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the AAHM in Cleveland, Ohio, 23–26 April 2009. As a result of a generous contribution in honor of Worth Estes from a member of the Association, the award will be accompanied by a $500 check

Grants

Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison -Madison Libraries

The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries is pleased to offer a minimum of four grants-in-aid annually, each one month in duration, for research in the humanities in any field appropriate to the library’s collections. The purpose is to foster the high-level use of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries’ rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars. Awards are $2,000 each, or $3,000 for those traveling from outside North America.

Memorial Library, the university’s principal research library is distinguished in almost every area of scholarship. It boasts world-renowned collections of:

• history of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment
• pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery
• the largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines”
• a rapidly growing collection of American women writers to 1920
• Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature
• Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history
• French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
• many other fields

Generally, applicants must have a Ph.D. or be able to demonstrate a record of solid intellectual accomplishment. Scholars and graduate students who have completed all requirements except the dissertation are also eligible.

The grants-in-aid are designed primarily to help provide access to UW—Madison library resources for people who live beyond commuting distance. Preference will be given to scholars who reside outside a 75-mile radius of Madison. The grantee is expected to be in residence during the term of the award, which may be taken up at any time during the year.

Applications are due 1 February of any year. For application forms or more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or write to Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries
University of Wisconsin—Madison
990 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706
or contact the Friends at 608-265-2505; fax: 608-265-2754
E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu

Library Resident Research Fellowship

Scope
The American Philosophical Society Library offers short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections. We are a leading international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots, as well as early American history and culture.

The Library houses over 8 million manuscript items, 250,000 volumes of printed materials, and thousands of maps and prints. Collections are renowned for their depth and interdisciplinary strengths in diverse fields, including Early American History and Culture to 1840 • Atlantic History • Intellectual History • Travel, Exploration and Expeditions • History of Science, Technology and Medicine • History of Biochemistry, Physiology and Biophysics including 20th-Century Medical Research • History of Eugenics and Genetics • History of Physics, especially Quantum Physics • History of Natural History in the 18th and 19th Centuries • Anthropology, particularly Native American History, Culture and Languages • Caribbean and Slavery Studies. The Library does not hold materials on philosophy in the modern sense.

Comprehensive, searchable guides and finding aids to our collections are available online at www.amphilsoc.org/library (see the drop-downs under “Library” \ “Catalogs and Guides”)

Eligibility
The fellowships, funded by generous benefactors, are open to both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals. Applicants may be:

* Holders of the Ph.D. or its equivalent
* Ph.D. candidates who have passed their preliminary examinations
* Independent scholars

Applicants in any relevant field of scholarship may apply. Candidates who live 75 or more miles from Philadelphia receive some preference.

Award
A stipend of $2,000 per month is awarded for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three months. The duration of award is requested by the candidate, but the final decision is made by the Fellowship Committee.

Fellowships may be taken any time beginning 1 June 2009 and must be completed by 31 May 2010. Fellows are required to be in residence at the Library for four to twelve consecutive weeks, depending upon the length of the award.

Awards are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is understood that recipients will discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.

Deadline and Notification
Applications are due no later than 1 March 2009 (receipt deadline). This is a receipt deadline. Applicants will be informed whether all materials were received. Notifications are sent by letter via conventional mail usually in late April or early May.

How to Apply
Maintain the specified page format. Type all information; use nothing smaller than 11pt. Respond to every section, and in the space provided. Completed applications include:

1. the cover sheet,

2. the project statement,

3. applicant's curriculum vitae, and

4. two letters of support ON OUR FORM, which may be submitted electronically or forwarded with the proposal in sealed envelopes. Alert your referees that letters MUST follow our format. If the applicant is a graduate student, one of the letters must be from the dissertation supervisor. Application and both letters must be received by the deadline.

Completed applications may be submitted as e-mail attachments to: Libfellows@amphilsoc.org

Address

Library Resident Research Fellowships
American Philosophical Society Library
105 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Phone: (215) 440.3443
Fax: (215) 440.3423

Franklin Research Grants

Scope
Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2007-2008 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded over $365,000 to 84 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.

Eligibility
Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Predoctoral graduate students are not eligible, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years.

Awards
Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000 for use in calendar year 2009. Grants are not retroactive.

Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.

Deadlines
For applications and two letters of support ON OUR FORM:

* October 1, 2008, for a January 2009 decision for work in February through December

* December 1, 2008, for a March 2009 decision for work in April through December

These are receipt deadlines, NOT postmark deadlines. It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify that all required materials, including letters of support, reached the Society on time; contact Linda Musumeci, Research Administrator, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or 215-440-3429.

Requirements
Reports are due no later than one month after completing the work for which the award was made.

How to Apply
Retrieve the 4-page application form below. Maintain the specified 4-page format; do not add extra pages. Type all information; use nothing smaller than 11pt. Respond to every section, and in the space provided. Completed applications include: a) the cover sheet, b) the project statement, c) the budget statement, d) the fourth page, and e) two letters of support ON OUR FORM, which may be submitted electronically to lettersofsupport@amphilsoc.org or forwarded with the proposal in sealed envelopes. Alert your referees that letters MUST follow our format and MUST NOT exceed one page. The application and both letters must be received by the deadline.

Completed applications may be submitted as e-mail attachments to applications@amphilsoc.org or mailed to:

Franklin Research Grants
American Philosophical Society
104 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386

H. Richard Tyler Award
Application deadline: December 1, 2008

Award Information
This award encourages historical research using the AAN Rare Books Collection at the Bernard Becker Medical Library at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. The H. Richard Tyler Award is named in recognition of the neurologist’s generous donation to the collection.

The AAN Rare Books Collection consists of more than 3,000 classic textbooks and monographs predating the founding of the AAN in 1948 and the contemporary period of medical publishing. The collection has become one of the most important research resources for the history of neurology and the neurosciences, both nationally and internationally. For more information about the collection, visit the Archives and Rare Books section of the Becker Library Website.

Recipient will receive:
up to $1,200 for research expenses
Eligibility:
Open to anyone, but preference given to AAN Members
Must submit a proposal that includes a hypothesis for use, background, and objective
Must submit a CV with a reference letter
Opportunity must be used within one year
Must submit their final research paper
Must submit an evaluation on the use of the collection afterwards
For more information, please contact Jeff Sorenson (651) 695-2728 or jsorenson@aan.com.

Orr E. Reynolds Award
Award: $500
Contact: Executive Office
Deadline: December 1

The Orr E. Reynolds Award, named for the second Executive Secretary-Treasurer, is presented for the best historical article submitted by a member of the American Physiological Society. Articles may deal with any aspect of the history of physiology, including the development of physiological ideas and their application, instrumentation, individual and collective biography, departmental and institutional history, history of societies including APS, and physiology in its public context. Manuscripts should represent original research and be adequately documented. Articles published in journals or books of the Society during the prior calendar year are also eligible for the award upon request by the author. The recipient receives $500 and reimbursement of expenses, up to $1,500, incurred while attending the Experimental Biology meeting. The article may be published in one of the Society journals after appropriate peer review. Members may receive the award only once, and those members who have advanced degrees in the history of science or medicine are not eligible.

For applications, contact the appropriate APS office as listed at 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991. Phone: 301-634-7118; fax: 301-634-7242; e-mail: awards@the-aps.org

Special Grants to Support Research in the Paul Ehrlich Collection at the Rockefeller Archive Center

Through a generous gift the Rockefeller Archive Center has available funds to support short-term research in the Paul Ehrlich Collection at the Archive Center. The Ehrlich Collection is the largest and most important body of original and facsimile materials documenting the life and scientific-medical research program of Nobel Laureate Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915). Certain documents are available in English translations.

Prospective applicants are required to contact the executive director of the Archive Center with an initial description of the applicant's research. This will help applicants to determine the extent of related materials.

Application to the Ehrlich grant program may be made at any time and, if judged worthy, awards will be made within a month of the receipt of the applicant's two letters of recommendation. Grant recipients must commence their research at the Center within one year of being notified of the award. Application to this program is open to U.S. citizens and citizens of foreign countries. Certain U.S. Government requirements will apply to non-U.S. citizens. Grant recipients are requested to submit a short report on their research at the Center. Edited versions of or excerpts from these reports may be used in the Center's publications. Recipients also are asked to provide the Center with a copy of any publication resulting from research conducted as a result of the grant. Reimbursement of up to $2,500 will be made upon receipt of original expense receipts after the completion of the grant recipient's research visit.

Grant Program Administrator
Rockefeller Archive Center
15 Dayton Avenue
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 USA
FAX: (914) 631-6017
E-mail: archive@rockarch.org

Sonnedecker Visiting Scholar Program

Assistance for short-term historical research related to the history of pharmacy, including the history of drugs, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is available periodically. Historians, pharmacists, and other scholars working in the field (of any nationality) may apply for the next available Sonnedecker Grant for Visiting Research in the History of Pharmacy. The program provides assistance for travel, maintaining temporary residence in Madison, and meeting research expenses associated with utilizing the collection.

A brochure is available on request that describes the pharmaco-historical collections, which have been developed in Madison during more than a century by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. Printed sources emphasize pharmaceutical literature of Western Europe and the United States, from the Renaissance to the present day. Manuscript sources represent mainly American pharmacy, from the late nineteenth century to the present day. These resources are reinforced by collections of comparable importance in the history of medicine and the history of science.

At least $1,000 becomes available annually to defray part of the expenses of a recepient, for whatever period of residence is appropriate. Grants are made throughout the year on the basis of the merit of previous historical work and on the appropriateness of historical resources on the University of Wisconsin campus to the research proposed.

TO OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION:

Dr. Gregory J. Higby, Director
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Rennebohm Hall, 777 Highland Ave.
Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2222
(phone: 608/262-5378)