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Please share this opportunity for research support with scholars in your institution. The grants support travel to Columbia University to conduct research in our special collections. For more information see: http://library.columbia.edu/about/awards/research-awards.html Application deadline is February 28, 2015. Thanks Carole Ann Fabian Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Interim Associate University Librarian for Distinctive Collections Columbia University *Now Accepting Applications for the 2015 Libraries Research Awards * Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser <http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=443b78ce64&e=5337ecd2b7>. <http://columbia.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=bf3549bde6&e=5337ecd2b7> *Now Accepting Applications for the 2015 Libraries Research Awards * <http://columbia.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=bd8ccdd350&e=5337ecd2b7> NEW YORK, December 15, 2014 - Columbia University Libraries/Information Services <http://columbia.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=4f41d96ed4&e=5337ecd2b7> invites applications from scholars and researchers to its annual program designed to facilitate access to Columbia’s special and unique collections, the Libraries Research Awards. <http://columbia.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=bd79fbdb7e&e=5337ecd2b7> The Libraries awards ten (10) annual grants of $2500 each on a competitive basis to researchers who can demonstrate a compelling need to consult Columbia University Libraries/Information Services holdings for their work. 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Starr East Asian Library <http://columbia.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=9d9237d261&e=5337ecd2b7>, and the Libraries' Global Studies Collections. <http://columbia.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=270cb0af914396e26f572ddae&id=0760f55626&e=5337ecd2b7> The program is open to all US citizens and to Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs). Due to federal regulations, persons holding J-1 or F-1 exchange visitor or student visas are not eligible. Columbia University Libraries is not able to assist with obtaining visas. Preference will be given to those applicants residing outside the greater New York metropolitan area who need to travel to New York City to conduct their research. Applications will be accepted until *February 28, 2015*. Award notifications will be sent to applicants by April 30, 2015 for research conducted at Columbia during the period July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016. 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