Ferenc Gyorgyey/Stanley Simbonis YSM'57 Research Travel Grant

The Medical Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University offers an annual Research Travel award for use of the Historical Library. This grant is available to historians, medical practitioners, and other researchers outside of Yale who wish to use the Historical collections of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. In any given year the award provides up to $2,000 for one week of research. Funds may be used for transportation, housing, food, and photographic reproductions. The award is limited to residents of the United States and Canada. The Medical Historical Library holds one of the country's largest collections of rare medical books, journals, prints, photographs, and pamphlets, with special strengths in the works of historical medical figures and topics including anatomy, anesthesia, and smallpox inoculation. The award honors Ferenc A. Gyorgyey, former Historical Librarian who served from 1962 to 1994, and Stanley Simbonis, M.D., a 1953 Yale College and 1957 Yale School of Medicine graduate who endowed a fund supporting the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. Both believed in supporting scholarly research and access to historical medical collections.