Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant

Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Harvard University
Amount: US $2,000
Last Updated: December 17, 2025

Summary

The Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant supports scholars outside Boston in utilizing its extensive collections for research. This program prioritizes non-tenured faculty, dissertation-writing Ph.D. candidates, and independent scholars, especially those from institutions lacking East Asian language resources. Grants are awarded based on merit and must be used by August 31, 2026, to encourage diverse academic engagement and exploration.

Overview

About Harvard Library At the foundation of Harvard Library’s Advancing Open Knowledge strategic framework is our commitment to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, and antiracism (EDIBA). As the world’s largest academic library, the oldest library system in the United States, and a center of knowledge for the University, we recognize the need to examine our legacy of past practices in light of current aspirations. We believe that our work with faculty, students and researchers to explore answers to intellectual questions, enduring and new, and to seek solutions to the world’s most consequential problems requires that we not only reflect, but also advance our diverse society. Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant The Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant Program aims to assist scholars from outside the Boston area in their use of our collections in their research. Grants are awarded on a merit basis. Awards must be used by August 31, 2026.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Grants are awarded to: Non-tenured faculty membersDissertation-writing Ph.D. candidates (or ABDs)Independent scholars