(via Kimberly Shotick, Northern Illinois University) The ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) welcomes your submissions for two awards created to recognize excellence in information literacy and instruction. Submissions from all types of libraries (public, school, special, academic) are encouraged. Winners will receive a $1,000 award, a plaque, and a $500 stipend to be used…
Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships – Non-HSLI
Call for Applications: 2024 MLA Research Training Institute Fellowship Program–Deadline Mon., Feb. 19
(via Susan Lessick–University of California, Irvine) Are you looking for ways to generate insights, improve service, build connections, and increase the impact of your library? Do you have a research idea or question that you want to pursue but do not know where to start? Are you interested in increasing your value to the library?…
Reminder: Submissions for 2024 IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing Due Fri., Feb. 9, at 5:00 PM CDT
(via the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. The IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing was established in 2020. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then…
Call for Applications: Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Conference Grant (MLA Membership Required)–Deadline Wed., Jan. 31
The Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Conference Grant recognizes Ysabel Bertolucci’s exemplary career as a member of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and her many contributions to its sections, chapters, and board. Endowed in 2014, the Bertolucci Grant recognizes a health sciences librarian who is involved in nursing, allied health, consumer health or international librarianship. The…
Call for Applications: EBSCO/MLA Annual Conference Grant (MLA Membership Required)–Deadline Wed., Jan. 31
(via Brenda Fay, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center) EBSCO Information Services and the MLA Scholarship Endowment Fund offer travel grants of up to $1000 to enable members to attend the MLA annual conference. Up to four awards are granted each year to assist those who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference in person….
Call for Proposals: Second Cohort of “Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods”–Deadline Wed., Jan. 31
(via Annis Lee Adams–California State University, East Bay) The University of California, Los Angeles, Library is excited to announce a call for proposals for the second year (2024) cohort of “Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods”. This two-year project (2023-2024), funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), aims to develop and…
Call for Nominations: ALA Sustainability Roundtable’s SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace–Deadline Fri., March 15
(via Aja Bettencourt-McCarthy, University of Cincinnati) To acknowledge the fact that library staff are our greatest asset in building and supporting sustainable libraries and communities, the ALA Sustainability Roundtable (SustainRT) is recognizing libraries that go above and beyond in meeting the wellness needs of their staff with the SustainRT Citation for Wellness in the Workplace….
Call for Applications: Next Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians (Online Tues., March 5 – Fri., March 8)–Deadline Mon., Dec. 11
(via Amy Riegelman, University of Minnesota) Now accepting applications for the next Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians. This will be an opportunity to enhance your database searching skills and learn about the possibilities for collaborating with researchers in conducting evidence syntheses across academic areas. On March 5-8 (Tuesday-Friday), 2024, the seventh Institute of Museum and…
Call for Nominations: 2024 IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing–Deadline Fri., Feb. 9, at 5:00 PM CDT
(via the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries) Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. The IACRL People’s Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing was established in 2020. This award gives academic and research librarians throughout Illinois the opportunity to read and evaluate scholarly works by their peers and then…
Call for Applications: RAILS My Library Is… Grants–Deadline Wed., Feb. 7, 2024
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) RAILS is excited to announce that the 2024 My Library Is… Grants are now open to all types of RAILS member libraries (academic, public, school, and specialized). As part of the My Library Is… campaign, RAILS invites applications for grant projects that help tell the story of the library. The purpose…