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Scholarship, Grant, and Award Information

1. Scholarships

   Scholarships Awarded by SLIS

   Scholarships have been endowed by faculty, students, alumni and friends of SLIS and are awarded based on academic merit. Students must have completed the four required core courses (200, 202, 203, 204); have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5; and cannot be in their last semester in the program. Interested students should complete and submit the SLIS Scholarship Application Form by April 1. Award recipients are notified the first week of May. View names of recent past award recipients.

   • SLIS Alumni & Friends Scholarship, endowed by the SLIS Alumni Association to provide an annual scholarship for a SLIS student, $1,000.
   • SLIS Blanche Woolls Spectrum Scholarship, endowed in honor of Dr. Blanche Woolls, former professor and director from 1997-2005, $1,000 for a student already holding a Spectrum scholarship from the American Library Association.
   • SLIS Faculty Scholarship, endowed by the SLIS Faculty to provide an annual scholarship for a SLIS student, $1,000.
   • SLIS H.W. Wilson Scholarship, endowed by the H.W. Wilson Foundation, $1,000.
   • SLIS Kaiser Permanente Medical Librarianship Scholarship, endowed by Kaiser Permanente to support candidates interested in a career in medical librarianship and health informatics, $1,000.
   • SLIS NewsBank Scholarship, endowed by Newsbank to support students interested in fields related to NewsBank's enterprise such as information retrieval and digital information resources, $1,000.
   • SLIS Terry Crowley Scholarship, endowed in honor of Dr. Terry Crowley, former SLIS professor specializing in reference and information services, $1,000.

   Scholarships Awarded by SJSU

   SJSU has over 900 general and departmental scholarships available, ranging from $100 to $1,000 per year. About one-half of these are awarded by the Financial Aid Scholarship Committee, and the other half by various academic departments on campus.

   For more information, please visit the SJSU Scholarships webpage.

   Scholarships Awarded by Other Agencies

   Many library and information associations and organizations offer scholarships for library school students. See Scholarships Awarded by Other Agencies for a partial listing with links to the sponsoring organizations. This list is not comprehensive. Students may wish to research other scholarship opportunities as well as consult this list. Many organizations — local, regional, and national — offer scholarship opportunities based on career goals, diversity characteristics, academic background, or research interests. A good resource for locating these organizations is the Associations Unlimited database available to SJSU students through the King Library. Application requirements, submissions, and deadlines vary depending on the sponsoring organization.

2. Grants

   Many library and information associations and organizations offer grants to encourage library school students' attendance at conferences and to support student research. Application requirements and deadlines vary, depending on the sponsoring organization. See grants for a listing of opportunities with links to the sponsoring organizations.

3. Awards for Graduating Students

   SLIS honors graduating students yearly through awards for excellence in a variety of categories.

   Faculty and students are encouraged to nominate qualified candidates for SLIS awards. Self-nomination is acceptable. Nominations can be submitted using the SLIS Awards Application form.

   The deadline for award nominations is in April and coincides with the deadline for the LIBR 289 e-Portfolios. Award recipients will be notified the first week in May. View names of recent past award recipients.

4. Other Funding

   The California State Library offers the Public Library Staff Education Program (PLSEP), a competitive grant program that provides grants to public libraries and to county law libraries for tuition reimbursement to staff pursuing their Master’s degree in library and information studies. PLSEP is funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act grant funds. For more information, please visit the California State Library Public Library Staff Education Program website.

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