The Osler Library offers a number of awards and travel grants to local and international historians, physicians, graduate and post-doctoral students, and others whose research touches upon the history of medicine. Applications due January 16, 2026.

The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 National Stereoscopic Association Research Fellowship. Completed applications are due on March 1st, 2026. The Fellowship must be completed between September 1st, 2026 and August 31st, 2027.

The 2025-2026 application cycle is now open for projects beginning in 2026 or 2027. Applications are due March 20, 2026.

Kristy Wilson Bowers explores the variability and utility of naming historical diseases.

Tad Brown investigates the science and technology of developing a more profitable peanut.

Jeannie Shinozuka examines the connections between intelligence testing and race making in the twentieth century.

Magnus Schaefer examines the intersection of mathematics, business interests and Cold War anxieties that gave rise to the field of digital signal processing.

Apply by December 15 for Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars and for Consortium Research Fellowships

Our newest member holds notable collections in the history of science and technology; mechanical, symbolic, and digital computing; cryptology; robotics; and botanical literature and art.

The history program at the American Institute of Physics is excited to announce that its long-running postdoc program has returned from hiatus and is now open to applications for a position to start in summer/fall 2026.
Elasmosaurus
Edward Cope’s Elasmosaurus, as published in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, after position of the head is corrected. Image courtesy of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.