[OPLINLIST] Sending on behalf of ALSC Professional Recognition and Scholarships Committee member

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Sent on behalf of ALSC Professional Recognition and Scholarships Committee member Brenda Dales - dalesbl at miamioh.edu<mailto:dalesbl at miamioh.edu>

Applications for the Bechtel Fellowship are now being accepted.

The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship provides a grant up to $7,500 to a qualified children's librarian to spend up to four weeks reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The Baldwin Library contains a special collection of 130,000 volumes of children's literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is endowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin.

The application and more information can be found at http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel

The deadline for submitting materials is October 15, 2025.

For any questions about the award/application, please contact ALSC Professional Recognition and Scholarships Committee Co-Chairs, Gwen Vanderhage (gvanderhage.ala at gmail.com<mailto:gvanderhage.ala at gmail.com>) and Jenny Rosenoff (jennyrosenoff at gmail.com<mailto:jennyrosenoff at gmail.com>).

The Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award provides a $1200 stipend to up to two children's librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference. The 2026 ALA Annual Conference will take place June 25-30, in Chicago.  Applications are due November 15, 2025. For more information, check out our blog: https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2025/09/apply-for-the-penguin-random-house-young-readers-group-award-3<https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2025/09/apply-for-the-penguin-random-house-young-readers-group-award-3/>, or go directly to the ALSC website to apply: https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/penguinyoungreadersgroupaward

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