The Ohio State University Libraries offers research awards to support projects that require substantial onsite use of our collections. The TRI currently offers two such awards:
Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute Research Award:
This award offers $1000 per week for a minimum of one and maximum of four consecutive weeks to support onsite research in our collections. A selected list of holdings may be found at https://library.osu.edu/tri/explore.
Irwin and Jane Spector Research Award:
The Spector award provides grants of $750 per week for a minimum of two and maximum of four weeks for research that requires significant use of the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute’s collections on Dalcroze Eurhythmics.
Irwin Spector Collection: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/xOU-TR0010 and
https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/TRI/SPEC.TRI.IJS.xml
Dalcroze School of Music Collection: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/xOU-TR0015
Dalcroze Society of America Collection: https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.TRI.DSA/
John Colman Collection: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/xOU-TR0013
Elizabeth Adler Back Papers on Dalcroze Eurhythmics
Ariane Pulver Szilard Collection
ELIGIBILITY:
These awards are open to non-OSU graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars who are at least 18 years old, are a citizen of the U.S. and live more than 60 miles from the Ohio State University’s main campus.
TERMS:
- Research must be conducted between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027
- Payment is made as reimbursement after the research visit concludes.
TO APPLY:
Please send the following to Beth Kattelman, Curator at kattelman.1@osu.edu.
- a statement describing the research project, the relevance to the particular collection the applicant intends to use, and the expected outcome of the research (not to exceed two pages);
- a summary curriculum vitae/resume including name, title, education, and contact information (not to exceed three pages);
- one letter of recommendation
- proposed dates of research
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Although not required, we encourage you to make arrangements to share your expertise with our students and faculty during your time on campus through a lecture, class visit, workshop or other appropriate means.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 1st, 2026
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List of Previous Award Recipients
Lawrence and Lee Research Award Recipients:
2025 - 26 - Ray Ruiz - Labanotation Production Processes in the 1950s
2024 - 25 - Mark Bankin - Kinetography - Partitions and Choreographic Project
2022 - 23 - Dr. Elizabeth Wellman - Rose La Rose and the Labor of Burlesque
2018 - 19 - Lorin Eric Salm - Marcel Marceau's Mime Technique
2016 - 17 - Dr. Vlasta Koubská - Czech Scenography of the 20th century
2015 - 16 - Teresa R. Heiland - Evolution of Rudolf Laban's work in dance education through the Dance Notation Bureau and Dance Notation Bureau Extension collections
2015 - 16 - Bobbi Owen - The Art and Craft of Costume: Collaboration Between Costume Designers and Costume Makers
2014 - 15 - Dr. Iveta Justová - Influence of late 19th-, early 20th-century Czech actress Hana Kvapilová on later Czech performances of Ibsen plays
2013 - 14 - Bianca Sams - Just Porgy, a play based on the international Robert Breen tour of Porgy and Bess
2012 - 13 - Dr. Mervyn Heard - Magic Lantern Pose slides in the Joel E. Rubin Collection
2011 - 12 - Dr. Sharon Marcus - Scrapbook resources related to Sarah Bernhardt
Irwin and Jane Spector Award Recipients:
2019 - 20 - Dr. Holly Smith - The Dalcroze Approach in Elementary Music Education
2017 - 18 - Dr. Bonnie Jacobi – The Early New York Dalcroze School
2016 - 17 - Ashley Meyer - Interdisciplinary Application of Dalcroze’s Eurhythmics
2015 - 16 - Dr. David Frego - The Dalcroze Approach to Music Education
Grayce and Jarka Burian Fellowship Recipient:
2015 - 16 - Markéta Fantová - Work, ideas, and ideals of director Jiří Frejka in 1950s Communist Czechoslovakia