Call for Applications – CARL Research Grant for Practicing Librarians

May 30, 2018 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries invites applications from established and newly appointed librarians working in a CARL member library.

When merited, up to $4,000 is awarded annually to one or more of the applicants, to help achieve the following objectives:

•To support librarians conducting research in academic librarianship with the intent to publish the results.
• To promote research in the field of academic librarianship by and/or about Canadians.

The CARL Research in Librarianship Grant is intended to support projects involving structured, evidence-based research, which propose answers to real-world issues.

Deadline: Proposals should be submitted via email by midnight August 15th, 2018.

All proposals should be emailed to: julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca
Subject: CARL Research in Librarianship Grant
c/o Julie Morin, Project Officer, Canadian Association of Research Libraries

For more information on the application process, evaluation criteria, and conditions of the grant, please visit: https://www.carl-abrc.ca/strengthening-capacity/research-grants/application-process/

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CARL members include Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries as well as two national libraries. Enhancing research and higher education are at the heart of its mission. CARL develops the capacity to support this mission, promotes effective and sustainable scholarly communication, and public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information.