Announcement of the EAHIL research project grants

25th Anniversary of the founding of EAHIL: Announcement of the EAHIL research project grants

Invitation to submit proposals

Objectives

Research projects should be strongly related to activities and aims of EAHIL and they should increase and complete the competences of the applicants and be of benefit of his/her institution and to EAHIL.

Recipients

Projects can be submitted by EAHIL individual members with the acknowledgement of his/her employer, if necessary. The employer, if any, has to guarantee the activities of the recipient for the scholarship of whom he/she will receive the grant. In any case the grant will be paid semi-annually upon presentation of a satisfactory progress report.

Topics

The themes of the projects could include:

• the use of Web 2.0 tools to create a network in the Health Sciences community;
• patient and caregiver tools for navigating Health Information resources; one of the languages used has to be English;
• the criteria for the design and creation of a platform for distance learning;
• the building and management of open archives for Health Information

Projects duration

2 years maximum.

At the end of the first year the assignee will present a detailed report about project progress to be in the condition to receive the grant for the second year.

Resources

2 annual grants of 10.000 euro each one renewable for one more year if the project’s responsible person will produce a motivated request and submit a reliable and satisfactory progress report.

Projects application

• The application occurs online: http://www.formdesk.com/eahil/GRANT2012 

Projects evaluation

Projects evaluation will be made by a committee consisting of five experts in librarianship sciences external to EAHIL Board:

• Ulrich Korwitz,
• Franco Toni,
• Alison Brettle,
• Chiara Bassi,
• Jarmila Potomkova.

Requisites

If the project is not for EAHIL direct use, the institution benefiting from the project will officially mention EAHIL’s contribution to its creation.

Exclusion

The institutions in which EAHIL Board members and Evaluation committee members are active are not allowed to participate.

Projects presentation procedures

Projects should be sent by 29 February 2012. The Treasurer will acknowledge their receipt.

The winners will be informed via e-mail and the announcement of the winners will be during the 25th EAHIL Conference in Brussels.

Contact

For further information regarding the Grant, please contact Manuela Colombi, Treasurer (go to the Contact form and select Category "25th Anniversary")