Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship Grant
Award and FreqencyAwardess are given $4,000 to support their study and are recognized at the membership meeting during ALA Annual Conference.
This award is given out on a Annual basis.
EligibilityCandidates must have the following qualifications to be considered:• Be personal members of ALSC as well as ALA; organizational members are not eligible• Be currently working in direct service to children, or retired members who complete their careers in direct service to children, for a minimum of eight years• Have a graduate degree from an ALA-accredited program• Be willing to write a report about his/her study; the report will be submitted to the ALSC Office, for distribution to the Bechtel Committee and for possible inclusion in Children and Libraries, and to the Director of the Smathers Libraries and the Director of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and Media at the University of Florida• If selected, retired Fellowship winners would agree to present a minimum of three public programs based on their research project to children in libraries or schools following the completion of their Fellowship periodApplication InstructionsApplication can be submitted electronically to the ALSC Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship committee chair.
DueDecember 1, 2010
Contact Information Jenny Najduch (Staff Liaison)
ALSC Marketing Specialist
American Library Association
50 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611-2788
(312) 280-4026
[email protected] Selection CriteriaA description of the topic of study for the fellowship period. Demonstration of ongoing commitment to motivating children to read.NotificationWinner will be annuonced via a press release on the ALSC Web site after ALA Midwinter Meeting in early January.
This award is given out on a Annual basis.
EligibilityCandidates must have the following qualifications to be considered:• Be personal members of ALSC as well as ALA; organizational members are not eligible• Be currently working in direct service to children, or retired members who complete their careers in direct service to children, for a minimum of eight years• Have a graduate degree from an ALA-accredited program• Be willing to write a report about his/her study; the report will be submitted to the ALSC Office, for distribution to the Bechtel Committee and for possible inclusion in Children and Libraries, and to the Director of the Smathers Libraries and the Director of the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and Media at the University of Florida• If selected, retired Fellowship winners would agree to present a minimum of three public programs based on their research project to children in libraries or schools following the completion of their Fellowship periodApplication InstructionsApplication can be submitted electronically to the ALSC Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship committee chair.
DueDecember 1, 2010
Contact Information Jenny Najduch (Staff Liaison)
ALSC Marketing Specialist
American Library Association
50 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611-2788
(312) 280-4026
[email protected] Selection CriteriaA description of the topic of study for the fellowship period. Demonstration of ongoing commitment to motivating children to read.NotificationWinner will be annuonced via a press release on the ALSC Web site after ALA Midwinter Meeting in early January.