Notre Dame Research has provided four researchers or research groups from two Colleges and Schools with awards from the Library Acquisition (LA) Grant Program for 2017. The LA grant program is designed to fund unique and essential library acquisitions in support of the research, scholarship, and creative endeavor at the University of Notre Dame.
Speaking about the awards, Hildegund Müller, Associate Vice President for Research, said, “This program was created to help enhance the University’s collections and aid our faculty and students in advancing their scholarly work. I am proud that, with help of Notre Dame Research, the University continues to grow as an attractive location for research and scholarship.”
The 2017 grant awardees are:
- Peter Casarella, associate professor of systematic theology; Timothy Matovina, professor of theology and co-director of the Institute for Latino Studies; and Victor Maqque, postdoctoral guest scholar in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, “Digital Library of the Latin American Church.”
- Heather Hyde Minor, associate professor of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art, “The Marvels of Ancient and Modern Rome.”
- Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic Studies, department of history and Keough School of Global Affairs, co-director of the Contending Modernities Initiative, “Materials in Islamic and Near Eastern Studies.”
- Bríona Nic Dhiarmada, Thomas and Kathleen O’Donnell Chair of Irish Language and Literature, as well as a Fellow of the Keough-Naughton Institute, “The Literary Papers of Éilis Ní Dhuibhne.”
The grant competition for the LA program is announced during the winter, with deadlines falling in February. For more information, including how to apply for next year’s competition, please visit https://research.nd.edu/our-services/funding-opportunities/faculty/internal-grants-programs/library-acquisitions-grant-program/.
Notre Dame Research’s Internal Grants Program seeks to support faculty researchers and programs with the goal of advancing the University’s research enterprise. For more information on research funding opportunities, including the Internal Grants Program, please see research.nd.edu.
Contact:
Brandi Klingerman / Communications Specialist
Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame
bklinger@nd.edu/ 574.631.8183
research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch
About Notre Dame Research:
The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.