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Sometimes you need some funding to progress a project you are working on, but you just don’t what expenses are or are not appropriate.    To help clarify these questions Chris Long, JRG committee member and a previous JRG award winner, compiled a list of examples. 

• Subscription to Zoomerang or Survey Monkey to conduct a survey
• Postage, envelopes, copying expenses, etc. to mail a survey
• Food and beverage to draw people to a focus group meeting
• Prizes to entice people to participate in your survey
• Hire a research assistant
• Travel to do research in libraries and other organizations
• Purchase a software package that will aid your research  (i.e. statistical software, indexing software)
• Purchase Office supplies (paper, toner, etc.) needed for your project
• Cover a fee from using an association’s mailing list to survey its members