2007 Elsevier Foundation awards support initiatives worldwide
By David Ruth, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Relations, Elsevier, New York, NY, USA
Thirteen institutions around the world
are receiving a total of USD $594,000 in
2007 Elsevier Foundation grants.
Six grants have been awarded under
the foundation's Innovative Libraries in
Developing Countries Program, which
helps libraries use scientific, technical and
medical information to promote health
and economic advancement in the
developing world. Awardees include
institutions working in Africa, Asia and
Latin America to improve access to
scientific information, develop information
resources and train librarians and
researchers on how to use and deploy
information for patient care, health
research, HIV/AIDS, disaster preparedness
and agricultural development.
Seven grants have been awarded under
the New Scholars Program, helping
scholars in the early stages of science
and technology careers balance childcare
and family responsibilities. Awardees
represent institutions pioneering new
approaches to childcare, mentoring,
networking and participation in scholarly
meetings. For example, among the 2007
recipients is UC Irvine, which received
$87,500 to create the Professional
Development Grants Program for Faculty
Parents of Infants and Toddlers. The
program will analyze difficulties faced
by scholars with dependent families and
provide dependent care assistance to
qualifying tenure-track faculty so they
can travel to professional meetings.
Douglas Haynes, a UCI history professor,
stated, “This nationally competitive
award recognizes UCI’s ongoing
commitment to gender equity and
augments campus family-friendly
resources for tenure-track faculty.”
The Elsevier Foundation, funded by
Elsevier, has since its inception awarded
more than 50 grants worth over a million dollars to nonprofit
organizations working to support libraries
and scholars in early stages of their careers.
Through gift-matching, the foundation
also supports Elsevier employees’
contributions to their communities. 
www.elsevierfoundation.org
2007 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries grants
- FARM–Africa (Food and Agriculture Research Management)
Developing the FARM–Africa Training and Advisory Unit
Coordination and Digitization Project
- Medical Library Association – “Librarians Without Borders”
Developing and implementing an eLibrary training initiative
- Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America &
the Caribbean, Pan American Health Organization and
National Library of Medicine
Creating a Latin American virtual library on health and disasters
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Assessing information/library needs for research and healthcare initiatives supporting HIV/AIDS prevention in Botswana
- University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Strengthening usage skills in the Niger Delta universities of Nigeria to access online resources
- Vietnam Development Information Center
Helping Vietnamese science and technology university librarians
2007 New Scholars grants
- American Society for Cell Biology
Developing and implementing the ASCB Child Care Award Program
- Computability in Europe Conference Series/University of Amsterdam
Increasing representation of female researchers in the
computability community
- Princeton University
Helping postdoctoral scientists and engineers meet the demands of career and family life
- Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
Developing and implementing the SettleNet initiative
- University of California – Irvine
Developing and implementing the Professional Development Grants Program for Faculty Parents of Infants and Toddlers
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering
Encouraging diversity and work/life balance in engineering faculty
- University of Rhode Island
Developing and implementing a transitional support program
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