Dear APALA Community,
The APALA Scholarships & Awards Committee is excited to announce that applications for the 2025 APALA Scholarship Award are now open! The APALA Scholarship is an annual $2,000 award that provides financial assistance to a student of Asian or Pacific background who is enrolled in, or has been accepted into, a master’s or doctoral degree program in library and/or information science at a school accredited by the American Library Association (ALA). APALA is excited to offer a second $2000 Scholarship sponsored by SAGE Publishing.
Eligibility Criteria for the Award
- Applicant must be attending or admitted into a master’s degree or doctoral program in library and/or information science at a school accredited by ALA. Students pursuing archives and other information studies concentrations are also eligible to apply.
- Applicant may be either a full-time or part-time student.
- Applicant must be in library school by October 2025.
- Applicant must be of Asian/Pacific Islander heritage.
- Applicant must be an APALA member in good standing by the application by application deadline (Not a member? Find out how to join here).
- Applicant must not have received an APALA scholarship award in a previous year.
- Applicant must serve on the Scholarship and Awards Committee the following year if the award is accepted.
- Applicant must write a 500- 800 word blog post for the Sage website or other location if the Sage & JCLC Inc. NALCo LIS Scholarship is accepted.
Applications are due on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST. To learn more and apply, please see the APALA website: https://www.apalaweb.org/awards/apala-scholarship/
Any questions can be forwarded to scholarships@apalaweb.org.
Sincerely,
APALA Scholarships and Awards Committee