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Frontispiece from Johannes Hevelius' astronomy treatise, Machinae coelestis, 1679. Rare Book Collection. Photo ID RB-JH1673-1

Applications for grants-in-aid will be accepted from students working towards a graduate degree or from established scholars. Graduate students must have completed one year of study prior to receiving a grant-in-aid.

Grants-in-aid may be used for travel and living expenses, for photocopy or other reproduction costs related to the research project, and for miscellaneous research expenses. Funds may not be used for the purchase of computer software or hardware.

The next application deadline is December 31, 2009. Beginning in 2010, application deadlines will be May 1 and November 1.

No applicant may receive more than two awards, and awards will not be given to the same applicant in consecutive 12-month periods.

The Victor and Joy Wouk Grant-in-Aid
The Victor and Joy Wouk Grant-in-Aid offers research assistance up to $2000 for work in the Papers of Victor Wouk in the Caltech Archives.

Guidelines and application forms may be downloaded, or you may contact the Caltech Archives and request copies be mailed, faxed, or emailed to you.

Download Wouk Guidelines and Application (3 page PDF, 164KB)

The Maurice A. Biot Fund
The Maurice A. Biot Fund offers research assistance up to $1500 to use the collections of the Caltech Archives. For the Biot award, preference will be given to those working in the history of technology, especially in the fields of aeronautics, applied mechanics and geophysics.

Guidelines and application forms may be downloaded, or you may contact the Caltech Archives and request copies be mailed, faxed, or emailed to you.

Download Biot Guidelines and Application (3 page PDF, 164KB).