Deadline: January 31, 2022
Appications for the Dr. Edward H. Bensley Osler Library Research Travel Grant 2022 are now open. The Grant is available to historians, physicians, graduate and post-doctoral students, and to those interested in the arts and humanities of medical history whose project requires them to travel to Montreal to consult material in the Osler Library.
The Osler Library Research Travel Grant is endowed through the generosity of graduates of the Class of Medicine of 1936, and a $100,000 gift from the Pope-Jackson Fund. The grant recognises Dr. E.H. Bensley’s place in the history of the library. A former dean of the Faculty of Medicine (now the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), Dr. Bensley’s later life was devoted to the history of medicine.
He was affiliated with the Department of the History of Medicine (fore-runner of the present Department of Social Studies of Medicine) and taught the history of medicine to second year medical students. He also edited the Osler Library Newsletter and wrote extensively. His last book, “McGill Medical Luminaries,” was the first title to appear in the Osler Library Studies in the History of Medicine series. He was named Honorary Osler Librarian in 1979.
Grant
- Each year up to $4,000 in awards will be made to one or more individuals who require a minimum of 2 weeks to carry out their research during the fiscal year, 1 May 2022 – 30 April 2023.
Eligibility
- Open to historians, physicians, graduate and post-doctoral students, and to those interested in the arts and humanities of medical history.
- Applications may be from anywhere in the world.
Application
The applications are considered by a committee which gives preference to specific and clearly described projects. Recipients will be requested to submit a report of their work suitable for publication in the Osler Library Newsletter and may be invited to give a brief presentation at the University.
Applicants should fill in the Osler Library Travel Grant Application Form and email it with their CV to the Osler Library via [email protected].
For more information, visit Osler Library Travel Grant.
