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Sponsored Programs at Elon University promotes and facilitates research and scholarly activities for faculty and administrative staff by helping them locate and secure external funding. The office encourages the inclusion of students in grant projects. Sponsored Programs provides a central source of information on major governmental agencies, foundations and corporations that support research, and pedagogical and creative activities.

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Elon University has a reciprocal borrowing agreement with academic libraries in Forsyth, Guilford, and Alamance Counties. You may check out materials at all of these libraries and use their journals and databases on-site.

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