Medical Library Association

Grants and Scholarships

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students

A scholarship for up to $5,000 will be granted to a minority student who is entering a Masters program at an ALA-accredited library school or has yet to finish at least one half of the program's requirements in the year following the granting of the scholarship. African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or Pacific Islander American individuals who wish to study health sciences librarianship are eligible.

Award Recipients

2011: Phill Jo
2010: Maria Tan
Michele Mason Coles (Annual Meeting Scholarship)
2009: Vivian Okyere
Margarita Shawcross (Annual Meeting Scholarship)
2008: Manju Tanwar
Elana Churchill (Annual Meeting Scholarship)
2007: Paula Maez
Lisa Chow (Annual Meeting Scholarship)
2006: Monique Escamilla
Ivonne Martinez (Annual Meeting Scholarship)
2005: Shamsha Damani
2004: Rebecca Davies-Venn
2003: Martha Preddie
2002: Crystal Smith
2001: Felicia Smith
2000: Cheryl L. Jacocks-Terrell
1999: Tomeka Oubichon
1998: Barbara Ferrer Kenney
1997: Yan Hong Li (Amy)
1996: Jean Chung
1995: Lora Gault
1994: Hua Yi
1993: Velora Avis Jernigan
1992: Jenifer Lyn Grady
1991: Louis Lik-Fu Tong
1990: Judith V. Rogers
1989: none awarded
1988: Jacquelyn Patricia Cenacveiira
1987: none awarded
1986: Joy E. Summers
1985: Sheila M. Johnson
1984: Eric Brasley
1983: Kathleen Love
1982: Mamie McCain Doss
1981: Omia G. Smith
1980: Phillip E. Tolbert
1979: none awarded
1978: Eleanor Hill
1977: Barbara Best Nichols
1976: Ernestine Andrews
1973: Carol Jean Yates

For more information about any of MLA's grants or scholarships, contact Carla Funk, 312.419.9094.