ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) serves as the intellectual hub for individuals in library and information science and allied fields. It aims to promote innovation and excellence worldwide through leadership, collaboration, advocacy, and the dissemination of scholarship.
The Research Grant Program Competition is designed to support research in the field of education for library and information science. It awards one grant of up to $5,000. The grant focuses on projects that tackle issues relevant to library and information science education in its broadest sense. Key factors in the selection process include the project's relevance, the significance of the problem it addresses, the study's design, the investigator's qualifications and likelihood of success, the project schedule's appropriateness and feasibility, and the completeness of the application. The ALISE Research Committee, with the possibility of involving additional ALISE members for specific methodological expertise, undertakes the proposal evaluation. The committee also holds the discretion to select no winner if all proposals are deemed unsatisfactory.