Scholarships for individuals pursing Law Librarianship.

The stated purpose is to provide financial assistance to worthy students pursuing graduate studies leading to a Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies and to encourage graduates to return to Alaska to work in professional library positions. Scholarships may be awarded for both on-campus and/or distance education programs. Preference will be given to an individual meeting the federal definition of Alaska Native ethnicity.

The fund provides research grants, seminar support and other funding for projects related to information and records management.

The purpose of the Virginia Mathews Memorial Scholarship shall be to provide tuition to an American Indian individual who lives and works in the American Indian community, and who is enrolled, or has been accepted and will enroll, in a master’s degree program at a university with a library and/or information sciences program accredited by the American Library Association.

The American Library Association (ALA) is committed to promoting and advancing the librarian profession. To demonstrate this commitment, the ALA and its units provide more than $300,000 annually for study in a master's degree in library and information studies from an ALA accredited program, or for a master's degree with a specialty in school librarianship that meets the ALA curriculum guidelines for a Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) accredited unit. 

ALA provides a number of scholarships including scholarships for current library employees and for people interested in working with children or youth services.

Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) provides a number of scholarships and awards in the area of art librarianship. Awards are available for research and publications, conference attendance, and an internship in architecture.

Scholarships for MLIS students who plan to work in the area of library service to children.

These awards recognize and encourage scholastic achievement among library and information studies students. 

There are 3 scholarships offered: The CLA Scholarship For Black, Indigenous, People of Color Students In Memory Of Edna Yelland, The Begun Scholarship, and the CLA Robert Karatsu Conference Scholarship.

CALA provides a number of awards, grants and scholarships for students of Chinese descent.

Awarded by the Black Caucus of ALA. Students submit an essay on a topic designated each year.

IEFA is the premier resource for financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for US and international students wishing to study abroad. At this site, you will find the most comprehensive college scholarship search and grant listings plus international student loan programs and other information to promote study abroad.

The $3,000 Karen Gersten-Sternheim Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually by the SLA-SCC to a student member pursuing a career in special librarianship.

American Chemical Society provides a scholarship designed to help people with an interest in the fields of Chemistry and Information to pursue graduate study in Library, Information, or Computer Science.

The purpose of this endowment shall be to provide financial assistance to graduate students from underrepresented populations who are pursuing their Master of Library and Information Science degree in the Information School. Selection of fellowship recipients shall be made by the Dean of the University Libraries or by his or her designee. Recipients shall be graduate students from underrepresented populations. Selection shall be based on academic merit and economic disadvantage.

Awarded to a student who demonstrated excellence in scholarship and potential for accomplishment in health sciences librarianship.

Awards for achievement in music librarianship, publication and research supporting music research.

The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) awards a $3,000 scholarship to a library/information science graduate student who demonstrates excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishment in a serials career.

The Paul Evan Peters Scholarship was established to honor and perpetuate the memory of Paul Evan Peters (1947-1996), founding executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). The fellowship will assist students pursuing graduate studies in the information sciences, librarianship, or closely related field, that advance the frontiers of digital information and technology.

PMI Educational Foundation’s Scholarships and Awards Program supports development of the best and brightest future project management professionals worldwide through learning opportunities. The scholarship program was established to assist students in obtaining degrees from accredited institutions of high learning in the field of project management or a project management related field.

Since 1971, REFORMA has supported the active recruitment of bilingual and bicultural librarians to meet the information needs of the Spanish-speaking community. The REFORMA Scholarship provides financial assistance to encourage and enable Spanish speakers to pursue or advance a career in Library and Information Science. (Other scholarships also available)

Awards provided for outstanding contribution to the archives profession.  The awards are given for work produced (publications, advocacy, new method of search, etc.) rather then straight scholarship funding.

Paul and Daisy Soros, Hungarian immigrants and American philanthropists, established their fellowship program for New Americans in December 1997 with a charitable trust of fifty million dollars.

TLA awards a scholarship each year to acknowledge outstanding professional accomplishments of promising students currently enrolled in MLIS or archival training programs specializing in performing arts librarianship.

The Office of Fellowships and Awards coordinates and administers regional and federal fellowship and scholarship programs which require Graduate School involvement. We also administer and monitor fellowship moneys from private gifts; coordinate Fulbright and other international and research abroad programs for students and faculty; and administer and allocate fee waivers to departments and individuals.

The Washington Library Association awards a number of scholarships annually to WLA members.