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Scholarships & Fellowships: Library Science

Indiana Library Federation Scholarship

The Indiana Library Federation Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships, including

  • Esther Schlundt Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Sue Marsh Weller Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • William Gresh Memorial Scholarship (AISLE)
  • David Dickey Continuing Education Award

For more information on these scholarships, and to view the due dates, visist:  http://www.ilfonline.org/?page=scholarships

Beta Phi Mu Scholarships

DEADLINE: March 15, 2022

Beta Phi Mu, the library and information studies honor society, Scholarship Season is now open! Applications are being accepted for the following scholarships:

Sarah Rebecca Reed - $2,250
For beginning LIS studies at an ALA accredited school.

Blanche E. Woolls - School Media - $2,250
For beginning LIS studies with a concentration in School Library Media.

Frank B. Sessa - Continuing Education - $150
For continuing education for a Beta Phi Mu member.

Harold Lancour - Foreign Study - $1,750
For a librarian conducting foreign research.

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - $3,000
For Library and Information Science doctoral students who are working on their dissertations.

For more information, see: https://www.betaphimu.org/scholarships--awards.html

Julieann V. Nilson InULA Scholarship

Purpose

InULA scholarships are intended to encourage and reward the potential for excellence in the library and information science profession.

Operational Guidelines

  1. The InULA Executive Board in consultation with the Director of Admissions and Placement, SOIC ILS, shall have responsibility for annually awarding two scholarships of $1,500 each.  Some years may have additional funding.
  2. Each year the Board invites applicants to submit application materials by March 1. The scholarship is to be awarded on or before May 1.
  3. Responsibility for publicity will be shared by the InULA Executive Board and the SOIC ILS Director of Admissions.
  4. Applications MUST be submitted electronically to the InULA Grants and Scholarships Committee Chair.

Eligibility

Any new or continuing full-time or part-time student in the MLS or MIS degree program of the Indiana University Department of Information and Library Science (IUB) or Library and Information Science (IUPUI) in the School of Informatics and Computing at either IUB or IUPUI is eligible to apply. This includes students who have been admitted to an MLS or MIS program, but who will commence their studies after the scholarship awardee(s) have been announced.

Please watch here for updates regarding the 2023 scholarship.

LDO JC 7-25-2022