2026 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Awards

Up to six Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships ($3,000 each) are awarded annually to doctoral students actively working on their dissertations in Library and Information Science, Information Studies, Informatics, or a related field.
To be eligible, candidates must be enrolled in a doctoral-level research program at an institution accredited by ALA, CILIP, or another accreditation body approved by the Beta Phi Mu Executive Board.

2026 Garfield Recipients

Siyao Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Expanding Copyright Education: Learner-centric Pedagogies for Improving U.S. Undergraduate Copyright Literacy
Deeth Ellis, Simmons University
Examining the Enactment of School Librarian Leadership Practices using Distributed Leadership Theory: A Mixed Methods Study
J Nicole Miller, University of Maryland, College Park 
Finding (Fan)Fiction: Information-Seeking and Fiction Retrieval Behaviors of Youth Leisure Readers
Xue Pan, University of Oklahoma
Seeking Wellness: International Students' Mental Health Information Behavior
Victoria Rahbar, University of British Columbia iSchool
Understanding Neurological Difference Through Manga: A Study of Young Manga Readers
Chengyuan Yu, Kent State University
Can First Language Information Literacy Experiences Support Second Language Information Literacy Development? A Translanguaging Perspective