Criteria and Application for 2025 Tuition Scholarship for
Post-Secondary Degree Programs

In 2025, SLA intends to offer six (6) to eight (8) Tuition Scholarships of $5,000 each. Applications are due by midnight Pacific Time, Monday, June 16, 2025. 

Criteria to Apply 

1. Must be admitted to a post-secondary degree program in Library/Information Science or a related field and must not have already graduated at the time of the award. PhD candidates are not eligible. Proof of enrollment in at least one eligible class and a copy of receipt of payment for the currently enrolled course(s) is required prior to release of funds. The enrolled course(s) must count toward the degree.

2. Preference shall be given to those who display an aptitude for and interest in special library work. 

3. Awardees cannot win the same award more than once or win more than one scholarship in the same year.

4. May not have received funding from SLA HQ or an SLA Community in 2024 or 2025. Exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis; please contact the Scholarship Committee with specific questions. 

a. Preference will be given to applicants who have never received funding from SLA.

b. Applicants who have applied or intend to apply for another SLA- sponsored scholarship prior to the 2025 SLA Annual Conference, including those sponsored by any SLA Community, must inform the Scholarship Committee of the other application.

5. Must write an essay of 500 - 1000 words about how receiving this scholarship will benefit their career in librarianship and their interest in and involvement with SLA. (Generative AI tools should not be used to write the essay.) 

6. Must submit a copy of résumé / CV with application. 

7. Must commit to volunteering with an SLA Community or on an SLA Association Committee, Subcommittee, or Working Group within the current calendar year. Such participation may be facilitated and tracked by the Scholarship Committee. 

8. Within six months of receiving the scholarship, successful applicants must write an article for Information Outlook or make a webinar presentation about their library school experience, how they hope to apply their education in building their career, and the value of the SLA scholarship. The tentative deadline for the Information Outlook article is September 15, 2025.

9. May not be a member of the Scholarship Committee or the SLA Board of Directors. 

Link below for application:

Click here for Tuition Scholarship Application

For questions about the award, please contact the Scholarship Committee @ anb@platypi.com

Pdf of Tuition Criteria