OU Receives Mellon Grant

By: The Journal Record

The University of Oklahoma’s History of Science Department and the History of Science Collections were awarded a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York.

The grant, which will be placed in an OU endowment, will permanently fund travel fellowship, bringing visiting scholars to the university to use the intentionally recognized resources.

According to Steven Livesey, department chair and professor in the History of Science Department, the endowment will support six fellowships each year. In September 2000, the Mellon Foundation awarded $49,000 to the department and collections, which over the past five years has funded 21 fellowships.