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From: Schemm, Ylann (ELS-AMS)
Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:23 PM
Subject: [IFLA-L] The Elsevier Foundation Calls for 2013 New Scholars and
Innovative Libraries Projects
To: "ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr"
We’d like to share the following call for library grant proposals. Best
regards, Ylann Schemm
The Elsevier Foundation Calls for 2013 New Scholars and Innovative
Libraries Projects
* *
*June 24th deadline for 1 page applications to promote gender equality in
academia and build capacity in developing world libraries*
* *
*Boston, May 6, 2013* – The Elsevier
Foundationhttp://www.elsevierfoundation.org/is seeking new grant
proposals for the 2013 New
Scholars http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/new-scholars/ and Innovative
Libraries in Developing
Countrieshttp://www.elsevierfoundation.org/innovative-libraries/programs.
The
deadline for applications is June 24th 2013. Grants will be awarded in
December 2013 and provide* *one, two and three year awards between US$
5,000 to US$ 50,000 per year for a total of US$ 100,000. The Elsevier
Foundation will accept 1 page applications from May 6th through June 24thvia
www.elsevierfoundation.org. Forty shortlisted applications will be invited
to submit full proposals by September 3rd.
The Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program provides grants to
libraries in the developing world to improve access to scientific,
technical and medical information. The 2013 program priorities
include: professional
librarian training enabling librarians to serve as pivotal advocates in
their research ecosystems and projects which demonstrate the link between
research access, training, usage and health impact. Priorities will also
include projects which demonstrate a strong outcomes evaluation and have
the potential for a strong model or multiplier effect.
The New Scholars Program supports projects to help early- to mid-career
women scientists balance family responsibilities with demanding academic
careers and addresses the attrition rate of talented women scientists.
Recent grants have promoted institutional research, advocacy, and policy
development to retain, recruit and develop women in science and have
enabled researchers to attend conferences critical to their careers by
assisting with childcare, mentorship and networking. Since 2010, the New
Scholars program has also focused on the developing world through support
of recognition awards and national gender-benchmarking research mapping the
opportunities and obstacles faced by women in science, technology and
innovation.
“Since 2007, we have been able to fund and partner with an impressive and
diverse range of projects to build capacity in developing world libraries
and advance women in science”, said David Ruth, Executive Director of The
Elsevier Foundation. “The Elsevier Foundation grant often serves as
critical seed funding to get innovative projects off the ground. “We can’t
wait to see what great new ideas have emerged over the past year.”
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*About the Elsevier Foundation ***
The Elsevier Foundation http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/ (
www.elsevierfoundation.org) provides grants to institutions around the
world, with a focus on support for the world’s libraries and for scholars
in the early stages of their careers. Since its inception, the Foundation
has awarded more than 60 grants worth millions dollars to non-profit
organizations working in these fields. Through gift-matching, the
Foundation also supports the efforts of Elsevier employees to play a
positive role in their local and global communities. The Elsevier
Foundation is funded by Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific,
technical and medical information products and services.
*About Elsevier
*Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services. The company works in partnership with
the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including *The Lancet* http://www.thelancet.com and
*Cell*http://www.cell.com,
and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby
and Saunders. Elsevier’s online solutions include
ScienceDirecthttp://www.sciencedirect.com/,
Scopus http://www.scopus.com/, Reaxys http://www.elsevier.com/reaxys,
ClinicalKey https://www.clinicalkey.com/ and Mosby’s
Suitehttp://www.confidenceconnected.com,
which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals,
and the SciVal
suite http://www.scival.com and MEDai’s Pinpoint
Reviewhttp://www.medai.com,
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes
more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam,
Elsevierhttp://www.elsevier.comemploys 7,000 people worldwide. The
company is part of Reed
Elsevier Group plc http://www.reedelsevier.com/Pages/Home.aspx, a world
leading provider of professional information solutions. The group employs
more than 30,000 people, including more than 15,000 in North America. Reed
Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier
PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Their shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam
and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London:
REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RUK and ENL.
*Media contact*
Ylann Schemm
The Elsevier Foundation
+31 (0)6 23982359
newsroom@elsevier.com
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Netherlands, Registration No. 33156677, Registered in The Netherlands.
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