LFSA CRSA General Research Fund (GRF)
General Research Fund (GRF)
FY2024 GRF Handbook (pdf)
Guidelines for competition (Adapted for KU Libraries)
FY2024 GRF Guidelines (pdf)
GRF application Process:
- Download GRF Application
- Complete the downloaded file electronically and save.
- Email the application and associated documents to the CRSA chair.
For further opportunities to fund library projects, see information on the Libraries Research Fund (LRF).
General Research Fund (GRF) Recipients
A selection of past funded GRF applications is available to KU Libraries faculty and staff through SharePoint (KU Login Required): Funded GRF applications
2022-2023 (For Funding in FY2024)
1. Brian Rosenblum - Shadow Libraries: Case Studies & Lessons for Libraries: $10,261
2021-2022 (For funding in FY2023)
1. Michael Peper and Amalia Monroe-Gulick – Efficacy of Covidence in Supporting Systematic Reviews: A Pilot Study: $13,105.80
2020-2021 (For funding in FY2022)
1. Whitney Baker – The Italian Stationary Binding: An Analysis of KU’s Rubinstein Collection: $3388.
2. Rebecca Schulte – History of the Jayhawk: $8604.
3. Sarah Goodwin-Thiel – Transforming the Haricombe Gallery with Interactive Stories of Research: $2570.
2019-2020 (For funding in FY2021)
1. Jamene Brooks-Kieffer—Supporting and participating in The Carpentries as an institution: A case study of the University of Oklahoma: $1,620.00
2. Sara Morris—Evelyn Harris, The Barter Lady: $4,579.82
2018-2019 (For funding in FY2020)
1. Lars Leon—Is the Current Organizational Structure in Large Academic Libraries Viable for the Future?: $3,500
2. Betsaida Reyes and Fran Devlin—Information Literacy Practices of Domestic Students Majoring in Foreign Language Programs: $2,192
2017-2018 (For funding in FY2019)
1. Ada Emmett – Sophisticated Forms of Cooperation: Mechanisms for Equity in an Open Access Publishing System: $6,000
2016-2017 (For funding in FY2018)
1. Becky Schulte - Discovery, Digitization and Management of Jayhawk files: $3022
2. Brian Rosenblum and Betsaida Reyes - Digital Scholarship, Mexico, Migration, Immigration, Latinos in Midwest, Collection Development, Railroad History: $3022
2015-2016 (For funding in FY2017)
1. Brian Rosenblum, Digital Scholarship and Libraries: Current and Emerging Trends: $6,000
2014-2015 (For funding in FY2016)
1. Ada Emmett and Michelle Reed, Undergraduates Speak: Our Rights and Access: $3,500
2. Brian Rosenblum and Elika Ortega, Software and Hardware Explorations for the Preservation and Access of Early Electronic Literature (1984-1994): $2,500
2013-2014 (for funding in FY2015)
1. Frances Devlin, Jon Giullian, and Betsaida Reyes, Usability of Library E-Collections on Tablet Devices: Practitioner’s Perspectives
2012-2013 (for funding in FY2014)
1. Becky Schulte, The History of the Jayhawk, amount of the award: $2,386.00
2. Tami Albin, “Looking in the Margins of the Margins of the Kansas City Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender and Queer Commnunity,” amount of award: $3,658.00.
2011-2012 (for funding in FY2013)
1. Karen Cook -- Design of George Bellas Greenough’s Geographical Map of England and Wales
2. Whitney Baker -- Windowshield decalcomania: A preservation study
2010-2011 (for funding in FY2012)
1.Tami Albin -- Under the Rainbow: Oral Histories of GLBTIQ People in Kansas
2. Karen Cook -- Study of Design Disparities among the mid-19th-c "Cartes Geologiques Departementales" of France
2009-2010 (for funding in FY2011)
1. Shiferaw Assefa -- The Verbal System in Amharic
2. Whitney Baker -- Bumper Stickers -- Preserving the Message
2008-2009 (for funding FY2010)
1.Tami Albin -- Under the Rainbow: Oral Histories of GLBTIQ People in Kansas
2. Karen Cook -- Comparing the Utility of Analog Original versus Digital Map Images of History of Cartography Research: A Case Study of Design Disparities among the "Cartes Geologiques Departementales" of France
2007-2008 (for funding in FY2009)
Rhonda Houser -- History Mapper: Interactive Online Map of Douglas County Aerial Photographs through Time.
2006-2007
No data
2005-2006 (for funding in FY2007)
1. Karen Cook -- Strategies for Survival at Hermannsburg Mission, Central Australia, 1877-1978 -- travel expenses and photocopying costs
2. Fran Devlin -- Assessing the Kansas Academic Cooperative Chat Service -- salary for student assistant and travel expenses
3. Lyn Wolz -- Janet Blunt: Folk Song Collector -- travel expenses
2004-2005 (for funding in FY2006)
1.Rhonda Houser -- Georeferencing of historic aerial photographs of Douglas County, Kansas
2. Ken Lohrentz -- From the bookstalls of Onitsha Market to the Internet: digitizing popular Nigerian literature.
2003-2004 (for funding in FY2005)
1. Karen Cook -- Travel and photocopying expenses to support research on a historical investigation of the technology of map production for photomechanical reproduction
2. Brad Schaffner and Brian Baird -- Travel expenses to evaluate the condition of materials held in the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague
2002-2003 (for funding in FY2004)
1. Tami Albin -- Prison Libraries: Dissemination or Discipline of Knowledge?
2. Brad Schaffner -- Bibliography of the Soviet Union: Its Predecessors and Successors. Volume II
Fiscal Year 2000-2002 GRF Outcomes Report
2001-2002 (for funding in FY2003)
1. Brian Baird -- Utah citizen reactions to and opinion of the U.S. Civil War
2. Susan Craig -- Studying current practices in art and architecture libraries
2000-2001 (for funding in FY2002)
1. Brian Baird -- Native American and Mormon relations in Utah during the Black Hawk War in Utah, 1865-1872
2. Becky Schulte -- Capturing, preserving, and accessing the Web sites of left and right wing political groups in America
1999-2000 (for funding in FY2001)
1. Brian Baird -- Government and Lemhi Indian relations during the early 1900s
2. Nancy Burich -- Developing a program of library services to support distance education at KU
1998-1999 (for funding in FY2000)
1. Vickie Doll -- Student typist to type the Cineses text of "An annotated chronology of twentieth century China"
2. Cindy Pierard -- Teaching the digital library with an interactive tutorial and quiz.< /p>
1997-1998 (for funding in FY1999)
1. Brian Baird -- Local leadership, economic pressures, and technological developments on improvements in irrigation practices in Mink Creek, Idaho.
2. George Gibbs -- Authority control in client/server systems in large academic libraries
1996-1997 (for funding in FY1998)
1. Gordon Anderson -- Transformation of the Polish press since 1989.
2. Rick Clement -- Printing in Anglo-Saxon type, 1565-1630
3. Brad Schaffner -- Research to compile information for a bibliography of Russian language dictionaries