The Moakley Archive and Institute provides annual research travel grants of up to $1500 to underwrite travel, lodging, copying and other research expenses for researchers wishing to use Suffolk University's archival collections. The Archive’s holdings include materials from the 20th and 21st Centuries, focused on the following topics: U.S. foreign policy with El Salvador and Cuba; consumer affairs; Eugene O’Neill; Massachusetts politics, 1950-2001; U.N. Conferences on Women; women in the French Resistance; U.S. Congress, 1973-2001; and U.S. immigration policy.

Additionally, information about travel grant programs offered by other organizations is provided below.

Moakley Research Travel Grant

The Moakley Research Travel Grant is awarded annually to support archival research conducted at the Moakley Archive and Institute. Awards of up to $1500 may be used to underwrite travel, lodging, copying and other research expenses. Primary consideration will be given to projects involving the substantive study of issues related to Suffolk University, the career of Congressman John Joseph Moakley, and the study of Congress. Please visit our Collections and Research pages to learn more about our archival holdings.

Proposals should be aimed at a discrete end product such as a book, dissertation, thesis, article, documentary, film, exhibit, Web site or social networking site. Budgets may be approved in whole or in part. Budgets may be approved in whole or in part. Each award recipient is required to acknowledge the award in any resulting published work(s) and donate a copy of the work(s) to the Moakley Archive and Institute. The recipient may also be requested to submit a brief article summarizing their findings and research experience for publication by the Moakley Archive and Institute

2012-2013 Application

To apply, please email completed applications to Julia Howington, University Archivist/ Moakley Institute Director by March 1, 2013. Award notification will take place in April 2013.

Other Research Travel Grant Programs

The following is a list of research travel grants offered by other institutions:

• Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
• Massachusetts Historical Society Massachusetts Historical Society
• Presidental Libraries
• SAA Congressional Papers Roundtable
• White House Historical Society