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Scholarships & Funding
Scholarships, teaching and research assistantships and loans are the most common ways to finance your graduate study.
Take Action
- Contact the financial aid offices at the schools where you are applying.
- Review the scholarship and funding sources listed below.
- Check with your local library for additional scholarship and funding information.
- Check out federal loan possibilities.
Selected Scholarship and Funding Sources
- American Library Association (ALA) Scholarships
ALA awards over $300,000 in scholarships annually.
- Federal Student Aid for Graduate & Professional Students
- Gates Millennium Scholarship Fund
Provides funding to outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students.
- Law Library Association of Greater New York Grants & Scholarships
- LITA (Library & Information Technology Association) Scholarships
- Medical Library Association Grants & Scholarships
- New York Library Association's Dewey Scholarship
Tuition assistance for a student attending a New York State library school.
- Syracuse Univeristy I-School Library Media Specialist Scholarships
- WebJunction listing of Grants & Scholarships
Downloadble spreadsheet of grants and scholarships currently available in the US and Canada for degree programs, courses, and professional development in library and information science.
- WebJunction and Drexel University Offer Discounts on Online Degree Programs
Articles on Funding Graduate School
- Getting Your LIS Degree without Breaking the Bank by Sarah E. Morris & Patrice Johnson (from LISCareer.com)
- Paying for Graduate School by Chrissie Anderson Peters (from LISCareer.com)
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