The Thomson Corporation sponsors awards and scholarships that recognize and encourage research achievement, scholarship, information science, and librarianship.  

Visit this page regularly to see what award, scholarship, and grant opportunities are available from The Thomson Corporation.

Current opportunities:

The ISI/ASIS&T Citation Analysis Research Grant
Created in 1997 with a donation by ISI (now part of the Thomson Corporation), the $3,000 grant supports research based on citation analysis by encouraging and assisting individuals with ongoing or newly proposed research in this area of study.

The ISI Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship
To foster research in information science, Thomson Scientific awards a scholarship of $1,500 plus $500 for travel or other expenses so the grant recipient can attend the ASIS&T annual meeting.

The ISI Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
An award to a recipient who has made a unique teaching contribution in the field of information science, in the amount of $1,000 -- plus $500 toward travel to the ASIS&T annual meeting.

For more information, go to http://scientific.thomson.com/press/2005/8272426/.

Interested candidates are encouraged to visit http://www.asis.org/awards/awardchart.htm to learn more about these awards and the proposal submission process.

Thomson Scientific/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award

Presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions for the application of technology to the delivery of health science information, to the science of information, or to the facilitation of the delivery of health science information.

Interested candidates are encouraged to visit http://www.mlanet.org/awards/honors/rogers.html to learn more about the award and the proposal submission process.

BRASS/Thomson Financial Student Travel Award
A $1,000 cash award given to a student enrolled in an ALA accredited master's degree program to attend the ALA Annual Conference, and a one-year membership in the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). The applicant should have demonstrated interest in a career as a business reference librarian. The award is administered by RUSA.

The Roger K. Summit Scholarship
The Roger K. Summit Scholarship, awarded annually by Dialog, a Thomson business, was established to honor Dr. Roger K. Summit, the founder of Dialog, for his outstanding contributions to the field of information science. Two regional awards are made, one for North America (US$5,000) and one for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific (€5,000). Applicants must be students who are currently enrolled in a library and information science program within the award region, and the scholarship recipient must have demonstrated outstanding interest or performance in electronic information services.

For more information and an application, please visit http://gep.dialog.com/scholarship/

Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship
The Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship is a citation and $3,000 cash award to an individual who has made a significant contribution to business librarianship. The award is administered by RUSA.

The Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services
The Thomson Gale Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services is a citation and $3,000 cash award given to a library or library system for developing an imaginative and unique resource to meet patrons' reference needs. The award is administered by RUSA.

Interested candidates are encouraged to visit http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awards to learn more about these awards and the proposal submission process.

Information about other awards, scholarships and grants of interest to librarians may be found at:

Become a Librarian
http://www.becomealibrarian.org/scholarships.htm

Canadian Library Association
http://www.cla.ca/divisions/cacul/index.htm

Diversity Librarians' Network
http://www.lib.utk.edu/residents/dln/scholarships.html

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/school/awards.html

OCLC-sponsored awards and scholarships
http://www.oclc.org/community/oclc/involvement/awards.htm

SLA's Scholarship Program
Awards for graduate study leading to advanced degrees, and post-graduate study
http://www.sla.org/content/learn/scholarship/index.cfm