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Awards and Grants

Kheel Center Undergraduate Research Award

Submit your research project – completed between fall and spring of the current academic year – using the archival collections held at the Kheel Center at Cornell’s ILR School or other archival repositories at Cornell. 

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

$500 Prize will be announced by email in late June.

tinyurl.com/kheelprize

Travel Grants

The Theodore and Ann Sunstein Kheel Travel Grant

The Theodore and Ann Sunstein Kheel Travel Grant will provide financial travel funds for researchers specifically using the archives of Theodore and Ann Sunstein Kheel, focusing on work in collective bargaining, conflict resolution, civil rights, environmentalism, sustainability, and labor relations.

Apply here:
https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eWoEtD7i8q08lQa

Richard Strassberg Travel Grant

The Richard Strassberg Travel Grant provides financial support to select researchers who seek to conduct research in any collection at the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University.

Apply here:
https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PWnqNAnGmRBpBj

David Dubinsky Family ILGWU Travel Grant

The David Dubinsky Family ILGWU Travel Grant provides financial support travel funds for graduate students who seek to conduct research at the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University using collections from the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU).

Apply here:
https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B9FPtmdvQI7y6O

AWARDS: One or more awards of up to $1,000 will be made annually.

DEADLINES: Applications are due by 11:59 PM EST on May 4. Successful applicants are notified by late June.

https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B9FPtmdvQI7y6O

All Travel Grants are payable to the individual applicant. The grant award is taxable and will be subject to all applicable tax withholding and reporting. If you are a foreign national funding availability may be subject to your visa regulations. Please contact us before applying.