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Beta Phi Mu Scholarships, Awards, and Fellowships

The 2021 Beta Phi Mu scholarship season is now OPEN.  Scholarship winners for 2020 are listed here. The 2021 scholarship application season, for Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships ONLY will run from November 15, 2020 and run through March 15, 2021.
DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, THE REED AND WOOLLS SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE LANCOUR FELLOWSHIP WILL NOT BE AWARDED IN 2021.

Beta Phi Mu offers four scholarships and manages the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships; all are awarded annually. 
Click on the scholarship or award name for qualification criteria and for access to the online applications.

​Sarah Rebecca Reed - LIS Study     Up to two scholarships @ $ 2,250 each
For beginning LIS studies at an ALA accredited school.

Blanche E. Woolls – School Library Media Study    One scholarship @ $2,250
For beginning LIS studies with a concentration in School Library Media.

Frank B. Sessa – Continuing Education    Ten scholarships @ $150 each 
For continuing education of Beta Phi Mu members.

Harold Lancour – Foreign Research    One scholarship @ $1,750
For a librarian conducting research outside of Canada/USA.

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship    Up to six fellowships @ $3,000 each
For doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in LIS and related fields.

​The Beta Phi Mu Scholarship Review Committee meets during May and recipients are announced at the Beta Phi Mu Business Meeting and Member Reception held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Meeting in June.

​Beta Phi Mu sponsors ALA's Beta Phi Mu Award, an award of achievement to a library school faculty member or to an individual for distinguished service to education for librarianship. This award consists of $1,000 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement. It is given annually at the President's Award Ceremony held at ALA's Annual Meeting.

Visit the Award Archives and the BPM Award Winners page for lists of past winners for our scholarships and awards!
Beta Phi Mu - The International Library and Information Studies Honor Society   @2020
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    • Beta Phi Mu - About Us
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    • Reed
    • Woolls
    • Sessa
    • Lancour
    • Garfield
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      • Current Scholarship Winners
      • Scholarships Archive
      • Garfield Recipients
      • BPM Dissertation Award
      • Beta Phi Mu Award Archive
  • Publications
    • Publications Overview
    • Newsletter
    • Scholars Series >
      • Scholars Series Overview
      • Scholars Series Titles
      • Scholars Series Editorial Board
    • Publications Archive >
      • Beta Phi Mu Chapbook Series
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