Doctoral Students to ALISE Grant

Doctoral Students to ALISE Grant

Grant: The ALISE Board of Directors seeks nominations from institutional members for the Doctoral Students to ALISE Grant. The grant supports the attendance of one or more promising LIS doctoral students at the ALISE Annual Conference, which will be held in San Diego, CA on January 4-7, 2011. Through undertaking conference assignments and participating fully in conference programs, the winner will gain an understanding of how ALISE serves its members. One or two grants will be given.

Each winner will

• Receive a stipend of $500 (U.S.) that may defray lodging and meal expenses during the conference
• Complimentary registration at the conference
• Complimentary one year membership in ALISE
• Attend a luncheon hosted by a Board member
• Receive a certificate at the ALISE awards ceremony

The nominating school of the award recipient is asked to help their student with transportation costs.

Applications: The dean/director/program chair of a member school may nominate one doctoral student by completing the nomination form. The nominee must submit a statement on an issue relating to the theme of the 2011 ALISE conference “Competitiveness and Innovation” The document must be double spaced, word processed, and must not exceed 250 words. Submissions must be titled and display the author’s name. Nominees must e-mail both the NOMINATION FORM and STATEMENT to Ewanya Clark at contact@alise.org by September 20, 2010. 

Student Commitment Guidelines

The Doctoral Students to ALISE will commit to 10 hours of ALISE activities which may include:

1. Have lunch with the third year Director of the ALISE Board.
2. Assist MLA with conference registration (as their schedules permit).
3. Work with session moderators.
4. Attend one board meeting.
5. Assist with major sessions. Students may assist at the keynote or plenary sessions, the general conference meeting, receptions, etc.
6. Journalist-students will write up an article about their conference experiences for the ALISE newsletter. Also, students could write an article on the conference in general that could be sent to American Libraries, Library Journal and posted on the ALISE website (photos would be nice too).
7. Other duties as negotiated.