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Scholarship Opportunity - CALA 2009 Conference Travel Grant

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Posted by GSLIS, May 08, 2009
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CALA Conference Travel Grant Announcement

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2009 Conference Travel Grant. The purpose of this newly established travel grant is to support CALA members in their efforts to play an active role at professional conferences for their professional or career development. The grant is issued annually and coincides with the fiscal period (from July to June each year) of CALA’s operation. For each funding period, up to four awards of equal amount of $500 will be given to qualified candidates to defray their expenses for traveling to conferences.

Applicant Eligibility:

The applicant must be a CALA member in good standing for three consecutive years, including the year of application. The applicant must have an assigned duty at the conference to be attended, e.g., to present a paper, to chair a committee, or to serve as an officer to convene a meeting or a social function at the conference. All grant activities must be within the funding period of the year. The applicant must have not received the CALA travel grant in the past three years.

Supported Conferences:

All professional conferences associated with library and information science are supported by the CALA grant. However, priority will be given to those conferences which CALA sponsors or cosponsors or plays an active role of endorsing. Examples of the conference include, but are not limited to: CALA sponsored/cosponsored international, national, or regional conferences, meetings, and forums. ALA conferences and meetings (including all those of its divisions, roundtables, and standing committees) IFLA conferences and meetings Other conferences that advance and promote the profession of library and information science.

Application Deadline: May 10th, 2009.

IMPORTANT: The 2009 travel grant can only be applied to any conferences to be held prior to the end of ALA Annual Conference in July 2009. For conferences to be held after July 2009, the applicants must apply for the 2009-2010 grant. Please watch for the announcement of 2009-2010 CALA Conference Travel Grant.

Please see the attached Grant Guidelines and the Application Form for further information.

CALA Conference Travel Grant Ad Hoc Committee:
Mengxiong Liu (Chair)
Margaret Fung
Wenxian Zhang
Liana Zhou