Scholarships Awarded by Other Agencies
Scholarships Awarded by Other Agencies
Many organizations offer scholarships for LIS education. Below are many that are available on a regular basis. Check with individual chapters of local or regional professional associations to find additional sponsors in your area of interest.
See also the Grants web page for funding to attend professional conferences or to pursue student research.
Note: Information is provided as a courtesy only. Deadlines, amounts, and application procedures are subject to change (and do often change). Check each organization’s website for current information.
American
Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Education
Scholarships
Annual.
American
Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and Thomson West George A.
Strait Minority Scholarship
Annual.
American
Indian Library Association (AILA) Virginia Mathews Memorial
Scholarship
Annual.
American
Library Association (ALA) Century Scholarship
Annual.
American Library Association (ALA) Scholarships
Annual.
American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholarship
Annual.
Association
of Jewish Libraries Scholarship
Annual.
Association of
Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Scholarship Program
Annual.
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Kaleidoscope
Program
Annual.
Beta Phi
Mu Scholarships
Annual.
California Librarians Black Caucus (CLBC) Eunice J. H. Parker
Scholarship
Annual.
California Librarians Black Caucus (CLBC) Louise Jane Moses-Agnes
Davis Memorial Scholarship
Annual.
California Library
Association (CLA) Begun Scholarship
Annual.
California Library
Association (CLA) Edna Yelland Scholarship for Minority
Students
Annual.
California School Library
Association (CSLA) Leadership for Diversity Scholarship
Annual.
California School Library
Association (CSLA) Northern Region Jewel Gardiner Memorial
Scholarship
Semiannual.
California School Library
Association (CSLA) Northern Region Paraprofessional
Scholarship
Annual.
California School Library
Association (CSLA) Southern Region Teacher Librarian
Scholarship
Annual.
California State University (CSU) Dale M. Schoettler Scholarship
for Visually Impaired Students
Annual.
California State University (CSU) Glenn and Dorothy Dumke
Fellowship
Annual.
Chinese American Library
Association (CALA) Scholarships
Annual.
Coalition
for Networked Information (CNI) Paul Evan Peters
Fellowship
Biennial.
Data Science Scholarship Guide
Updated annually.
Hispanic Scholarship
Fund
Annual.
Islamic Scholarship
Fund
Annual.
Medical Library Association Scholarship
Annual.
Medical Library Association Scholarship for Underrepresented
Students
Annual.
Midwest Archives Conference Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship
for Minority Students
Annual.
North American
Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Scholarships
Annual.
Potomac
Technical Processing Librarians (PTPL) Scholarships
Annual.
Rita
Torres/Bibliotecas Para La Gente Scholarship
Annual.
Southern
California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL)
Scholarship
Annual.
SJSU Graduate Equity Fellowship
Annual.
Statewide
California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC)
Scholarship
Annual.
Virginia Library
Association (VLA) Scholarship
Annual.
Washington
Library Association (WLA) Maryan E. Reynolds Scholarship
Annual.