ALIA Aurora Scholarship

Funds of up to $4 000 are available each year to support attendance by an ALIA member at the Aurora Leadership Institute. The Aurora Foundation conducts the institute which aims to assist future leaders in the library and associated cultural and information industry to maximise leadership skills and potential.

The purpose of the scholarship is to enable an ALIA member to attend the Institute where this would otherwise be difficult due to the financial commitment required.

The scholarship is open to personal financial members of ALIA who meet the following criteria:

1. meet the Aurora criteria;
2. are members of ALIA;
3. provide evidence of personal commitment and contribution to ALIA [1]; and
4. include a statement (one page maximum) outlining how they would expect to contribute effectively to the profession and to ALIA as a result of attending Aurora.

ALIA members who wish to be considered for the scholarship must follow the procedures below:

1. apply to Aurora as set out in the Aurora Foundation's call for nominations;
2. indicate in their application to the Aurora Foundation that they wish to be considered for the ALIA Aurora Scholarship.

The Aurora selection committee will make a recommendation to the last meeting of the calendar year of the ALIA Board of Directors concerning the winner of the ALIA Scholarship.

Information about how to apply for the Aurora Institute will be accessible when it becomes available later in the year.

The successful recipient(s) of the scholarship will be required to:

1. prepare a report on the Aurora experience for the benefit of the broader ALIA community. The report will be presented to the next meeting of the Board of Directors (usually May) and may be published in an appropriate ALIA publication and/or posted to ALIA e-prints. Such a report will make due acknowledgment of support received from ALIA to enable attendance at Aurora;
   
   
2. if appropriate, make a presentation on the Aurora experience at an ALIA event and be prepared to assume all costs associated with attending such an event.

Scholarship applicants should note carefully that applications for the Aurora Institute are not held over from one year to the next.

[1] Personal commitment and contribution to ALIA includes but is not necessarily limited to service to the Association as:

• member of committee or policy advisory group;
• convenor, treasurer, secretary or active committee member of an ALIA group;
• member of organising committee of a major conference, seminar or symposium.

Nominations are now closed. Due date for the next submission will be 30th March 2013.