Gerald
R.
Ford
Foundation
Research
Travel
Grants
Program
View
a List
of Recent
Grant
Recipients
and Their
Topics.
The
Gerald R. Ford Foundation
awards grants of up to $2,000
each in support of research
in the holdings of the Gerald
R. Ford Library. A grant
defrays travel, living,
and photocopy expenses of
a research trip to the Ford
Library. Overseas applicants
are welcome to apply, but
they will be responsible
for the costs of travel
between their home country
and North America. The grants
only cover travel within
North America.
Library
collections focus
on Federal
policies, U.S.
foreign relations,
and national
politics in
the 1960s
and 1970s.
There are
earlier and
later materials
depending upon
your topic
How
do I apply?
You
may
download the application in
Microsoft Word format. Before
you
apply,
please
contact
the
Library
for
information
about
holdings
related
to
your
project.
To
apply,
please
mail
the
application
form,
a
vita,
and
a
two
or
three-page
project
proposal
to
the
Library.
Ask
three
professional
references
to
send
(mail,
fax,
or
e-mail
permitted)
supporting
letters
of
recommendation.
Mail
completed applications
to:
William H. McNitt
Grants
Coordinator
Gerald
R. Ford Library
1000
Beal Avenue
Ann
Arbor, MI 48109 |
For
more information contact
William H. McNitt
Grants
Coordinator
Telephone:
(734) 205-0557
Fax:
(734) 205-0571
E-mail |
When
are the application deadlines?
Awards
are
made
twice
yearly.
Application
deadlines
(postmark
deadlines)
are
MARCH
15 and
SEPTEMBER
15.
You
may
submit
applications
at any
time,
and
those
received
too
late
for
one
round
will
automatically
be considered
in the
next.
How
and when are grants awarded?
Selection
criteria
are
pertinence
of "open" Library
holdings,
project
significance,
appropriateness
of project
design,
and
applicant
qualifications.
The
Gerald
R. Ford
Foundation
typically
authorizes
$20,000
for
grants
each
year.
The
Grants
Coordinator
will
notify
grant
recipients
about
two months
after
the
deadline.
Grants
must
support
research
to be
conducted
after
the
awards
are
announced
and
will
not
be awarded
retroactively
for
research
already
conducted.
The
Library
staff
presents
the
grant
check
when
the
recipient
arrives
to begin
research.
Grant
recipients
must
begin
Ford
Library
research
within
one
year
of receiving
an award
notice,
acknowledge
Foundation
support
in the
resulting
publication(s),
and
donate
to the
Library
a copy
of the
publication(s).
What
other
grants
are
available
through
the
Gerald
R. Ford
Library?
The "
Gerald
R. Ford
Scholar
Award
(Dissertation
Award)
in Honor
of Robert
Teeter" in
the amount
of $5,000
is given
annually to
one individual
to support
dissertation research
on an
aspect of
the U.S.
political process
during the
latter part
of the
twentieth century.
See
details
about
the
award.