Scholarship Value: $5,000
Awards Available: 1
MLA offers a variety of funding opportunities to assist qualified students in graduate library science programs and to enable practicing health sciences librarians to pursue professional development.
- MLA will acknowledge receipt of all applications. Most grants and scholarships have a deadline of November 15. See individual pages listed below for further details.
- An announcement of all grant recipients is made in March and a virtual awards ceremony is held in April each year. See the vConnections page for access to past recordings.
- Some MLA grants, scholarships, and fellowships are funded through financial revenues generated from MLA restricted funds (endowment). The amount and number of those grants, scholarships, or fellowships will be determined annually based on the funding of the endowment.
To help sustain and develop grants, MLA welcomes your tax-deductible donation to the Grants and Scholarships Fund.
Advanced Education
MLA Doctoral Fellowship: Fosters and encourages superior students who have been admitted to candidacy in a doctoral program in medical librarianship or information science.
MLA Scholarships for students enrolled in or entering an American Library Association–accredited library school.
- Gwendolyn S. Cruzat MLA Scholarship
- Beverly Murphy MLA Scholarship for Underrepresented Students
- Ana D. Cleveland MLA Scholarship
MLA/NLM Spectrum Scholarship: American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholars assists underrepresented individuals interested in obtaining a graduate degree and leadership positions in the profession. The Spectrum Scholarship Program is administered through the ALA Office for Diversity.
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Scholarship Value: $5,000
Awards Available: 1
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