NAHSL Professional Development Fund

The NAHSL Professional Development Fund seeks to:

assist award recipients to increase professional knowledge and skills, ultimately improving their patrons' access to health information
encourage professional knowledge sharing amongst colleagues across the region
support and encourage professional development opportunities
promote the profession of health sciences librarianship

Criterion 1 - NAHSL Membership

Applicant must be a current member of NAHSL (membership will be verified by Membership Chair). Current membership is defined as having become a member or renewed membership by March 31 of the current year. New members of NAHSL who join at mid-year (due to change of job, moving into the area, etc.) will be eligible for award opportunities.

Criterion 2 - Eligibility for Awards

Professional development funds are limited to educational courses or programs sponsored by NAHSL or MLA and are applicable only to course or conference registration fees. Hotel/travel expenses do not qualify for NAHSL scholarship funds.

Professional development funds are limited to those members who do not receive institutional reimbursement/payment of program and/or registration fees for the particular course or conference registration pertaining to the application in question.

Criterion 3 - Dollar Amount

A maximum of $405 toward cost of program/registration may be awarded per applicant. The award will not exceed actual expense associated with program/meeting/course, and will never cover staff time.

Criterion 4 - Number of Awards Per Applicant

An applicant may receive more than one award per calendar year, total not to exceed $405 per calendar year. Professional Development Fund Committee Chair will keep a record of scholarships awarded.

Criterion 5 – Deadline for Application Chair must receive application at least 4 weeks before the deadline for registration. No exceptions will be permitted.

Criterion 6 - Limits

Award applications will be considered and weighted for factors such as levels of institutional support; amounts of recently received NAHSL awards; professional involvement on the local, state, regional, or national level; statement of purpose for award use; number of applicants per institution; and geographical distribution of applications across the NAHSL region.

Reviewed/Revised: 12/30/03, 2/6/04, 2/10/04

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Page last updated - March 21, 2005