Underrepresented Groups

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Opportunity Type

Scholarships

Underrepresented GroupsAnnual

Next Deadline

March 1, 2024

Eligibility

Century Scholarship applicants must provide medical documentation of their disability or disabilities, services, or accommodations and/or services the applicant would need for their studies, demonstrate the need for financial assistance and be citizens of the United States or Canada. Documentation should identify the applicant's disability and how it affects his or her ability to complete a course of study. Any additional supporting documents are welcome. Documentation is only used to determine eligibility for the scholarship, and will remain confidential.

Apply online at: www.ala.org/scholarships.

$2,500

Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR)

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Contact

Caroline Jewell

Date Began

2000

An annual scholarship of $2,500 that funds services or accommodation for a library school student(s) with disabilities admitted to an ALA-accredited library school. The scholarship will fund services or accommodations that are either not provided by law or otherwise by the university that will enable the student or students to successfully complete the course of study for a Master’s or Doctorate in Library Science and become a library or information studies professional.

Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship (historical)

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Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship

Opportunity Type

Scholarships

Underrepresented Groups External Link

Other

This scholarship is not currently available.

Contact

Gwendolyn Prellwitz

Date Began

2006

Date Terminated

2013

An IMLS funded project in 2007, 2008, and 2013 designed to increase racial and ethnic diversity among our profession’s next generation of LIS leaders.

Spectrum Scholarship

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Spectrum Scholarship

Opportunity Type

Scholarships

Underrepresented Groups Learn More about Spectrum

About

The Spectrum Scholarship Program actively recruits and provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students to assist them with obtaining a graduate degree and leadership positions within the profession and ALA.

Through the Spectrum Scholarship Program, the ��ý affirms its commitment to diversity and inclusion by seeking the broadest participation of new generations of racially and ethnically diverse librarians to position ��ýto provide leadership in the transformation of libraries and library services.

Annual

Next Deadline

March 1, 2025

Eligibility

Please review the Spectrum Scholarship Program's eligibility guidelines and application instructions for more information.

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Obligation

Scholars are required to maintain a course load of two classes for the duration of their scholarship year. Additionally, scholars are expected to attend the Spectrum Leadership Institute, which is held in conjunction with the ��ýAnnual Conference at the end of their scholarship year.

Notification

Recipients will be notified by email on or before June 1st. All other applicants will be notified by email after July 1st.

Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services (ODLOS)

Contact

Anjali Jain

spectrum@ala.org

Date Began

1998

The Spectrum Scholarship Program is ALA's national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession while serving as a model for ways to bring attention to larger diversity issues in the future.

Underrepresented Groups

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Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR)

Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship (historical)

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Spectrum Scholarship

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