Research Resources on Medical History
Organisation:
This scheme has been run by the Wellcome Trust since 2003. A previous scheme of the same name, run in collaboration with the British Library, ran in 2001 and 2002.
Programme Objectives
Over the next few years the Wellcome Library intends to digitise its collections, and will identify a number of themes in order to prioritise its collections for digitisation.From 2010 the Research Resources in Medical History grants scheme will be open to applications from other libraries and archives which hold material that will complement these themes and add to a rich and vibrant digital resource.
The theme for 2010 is “Modern Genetics and its Foundations”.
The scope of the theme is to be broadly interpreted and can include, for example archives relating to human heredity, eugenics, cytogenetics, genomics, clinical genetics and population genetics.
Timetable
The deadline for preliminary applications relating to “Modern Genetics and its Foundations” is 1st March 2010. Eligible applicants will then be contacted by the RRMH grants advisor for further advice and assistance with the application process.The deadline for full applications is 7th June 2010. Funding decisions will be made in July.
Types of Project Previously Funded
The National Sound Archive - at The British Library holds one of the best series of health and medical-related oral history collection in the UK. Gathered over the last 15 years, it reflects change in medicine, health and welfare over the past century through direct testimonies. Access is severely limited by the absence of detailed catalogue entries and/or online searching aids. This grant will audit the entire collection and, where required, create comprehensive machine-readable catalogue entries.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists - has an antiquarian book collection which is unique in charting the development of psychiatry and the understanding of mental disease. At present most of this collection is too fragile to be used and this project will restore the collection to the condition where it can be more readily accessible.
Cambridgeshire County Record Office - will catalogue, repackage and do some digitisation of the archives of Papworth Village Settlement. Founded in 1915, as a tuberculosis colony the settlement is now Papworth Trust, specializing in working with disabled people and Papworth Hospital, reknowned for work in the treatment of heart disease and pioneering transplant surgery. In addition the project will include documentary survey and oral history work to enhance the existing archival record.
Application/Contact Details
Programme Officer, Research Resources in Medical History, The
Wellcome Trust, 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE
Tel: 020 7611 8658
Fax: 020 7611 8254
E-mail: rrmh@wellcome.ac.uk
Web
www.wellcome.ac.uk/rrmh«
