The Friends of the Turnbull Library offers an annual research grant available to scholars whose research involves use of the Alexander Turnbulll Library.

In 2003 the Friends of the Turnbull, using a substantial bequest from David Bilbrough, established an annual grant for researchers who plan to make significant use of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

The grant is intended to emphasise the distinctive contribution that a research and heritage library makes to public knowledge. It celebrates the significant role of ongoing research and publication based on the Turnbull Library collections and the knowledge of the staff.

From 2007 to 2016, thanks to the generous bequest of Wesley (“Bill”) Secker, the Friends were able to increase the size of the annual research grant to NZ$10,000. From 2017, the grant will be up to $15,000.

No research grant was awarded for two years during renovations to the National Library but it has been offered each year since 2012.

Applications for the 2017 Research Grant must be submitted by 7 October, 2016.

For full information and to apply, please visit: http://www.turnbullfriends.org.nz/research-grant