Grants
Many associations and organizations offer grants to encourage LIS students' attendance at conferences and to support student research. Read about these opportunities below. Application requirements and deadlines vary. Since many of these grants are given annually, those with deadlines that have passed are included here for your future planning.
See also a list of available scholarships.
Grants
3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant
Annual. December
AASL (Association of Architecture School Librarians)
Conference attendance.
ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) Conference Travel Award
Three conference travel awards. January.
ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) Internship Award
Annual. October.
BRASS (Business Reference and Services Section) Gale Cengage Student Travel Award
Annual. December 1
CALA (Chinese American Library Association) C. C. Seetoo Conference Travel Scholarship
Conference travel. Award year varies.
CASA Small Research Grant
Applications available in late fall
Chemical Abstracts Student Travel Award
Conference travel. Early summer.
Freeman Travel Grant (Music Library Association)
Conference travel. July.
George Atiyeh Prize Competition (Middle East Librarians Association)
Conference travel. Fall.
Justin Winsor Prize of the American Library Association Library History Round Table
Annual. Winter.
LACASIS Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition
Annual. July 1
LITA/Endeavor Student Writing Award
Annual. February 28
Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development
Annual. March.
Medical Library Association's Rittenhouse Award
Annual. Fall.
Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona Research Grant
Annual. September 15
Mink Scholarship for the Annual Society of California Archivists General Meeting
Conference travel. Check website for dates.
Miriam Braverman Award
Conference travel. Spring.
North American Serials Interest Group Conference Student Grant
Conference travel. February.
Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Division Student Travel Award
Conference travel. Check website for dates.
Rovelstad Scholarship in International Librarianship
Conference travel. January.
Society of American Archivists' Donald Peterson Student Scholarship Award
Conference travel. February.
Vormelker-Thomas Student Award
Conference travel. Spring.
William B. Neff Scholarship
Conference travel. Spring.
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