Auckland Museum Research Grants Now Open for Applications
12 August 2016
NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grants
2016
NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grants
Now Open for Applications
Two WRITERS
RESEARCH grants are now open for applications for writers
working on a project that can utilise the considerable
facilities and resources of the Auckland Museum Library as
part of the manuscript’s development. These grants are
offered by the Auckland Museum and NZ Society of Authors and
can be used for fiction and non-fiction projects.
The NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grants 2016 grants comprise:
• One National Grant of
$4,000 supplemented by the option of 4 weeks funded
accommodation at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in
Devonport.
•
• One Auckland Regional
Grant of $2,500 for writers from the Auckland
region.
•
The Auckland Museum Library provides a
reading room and copying facilities for grant recipients as
well as guided access to the library’s collections of
manuscripts, pictures and publications. Both recipients will
receive a one year membership to the Auckland Museum
Institute, benefits of which include access to the
Members’ Lounge.
In 2015 the recipient of the National
Research Grant was Paolo Rotondo – who
used the award to research the interaction of Pākehā and
Māori for a theatrical piece with the working title
Kororareka.
The Auckland Regional grant winners David Veart and Lorraine Wilson drew on the John Logan Campbell papers held at the Museum library for their joint project with the working title Dear, dear, dear Papa.
“The Auckland Museum Library is one of New Zealand’s major research libraries” confirms Michaela O’Donovan, Head of Information, Library and Enquiries. “The depth of material available is highly valued both in New Zealand and internationally.”
The deadline for applications is 5pm, 28 October 2016.
Applicants for both grants need to be members of the NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc). Membership of the NZ Society of Authors is open to all budding and established writers. You can find out more at www.authors.org.nz
To view the online
Auckland Museum Library catalogue:http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/library-info-centres
Application
form and terms & conditions NZSA / Auckland Museum Research
Grants
ends