Grants support science and ‘capacity building’ in developing world and beyond
Every year during the holiday season, the Elsevier Foundation announces the grant recipients for the Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars awards programs. In total, we have awarded $650,000 to eight organizations around the world. Another five ongoing grants and our Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership partnership are also part of these awards. Getting to this proud moment is a real challenge given the sheer volume of promising proposals we receive each year. For 2012, we received over 500 proposals from 70 countries – a 37 percent increase in submissions over 2011. Read more