Medical Library Association

Grants and Scholarships

Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship

The Cunningham Fellowship is a fellowship for health sciences librarians from countries outside the United States and Canada. The award provides for attendance at the MLA Annual Meeting and observation and supervised work in one or more medical libraries in the United States and Canada.

Award Recipients

2008: Lisa Kruesi, Australia; and Vijay Padwal, India
2007: Alison Kinengyere, Uganda; and Jin Cheng, Peoples Republic of China
2006: Hanne Caspersen, Denmark
2005: Raphael Euppah, Kenya
2004: Grace Ajuwon, Nigeria
2003: Saroj Bhatia, Australia
2002: Yuan Lin, China
2001: Kgaladi Kekana, South Africa
2000: Elena Leonova, Moscow
1999: Timothy Shola Abolarinwa, Nigeria
1998: Anita Verhoeven, M.D., The Netherlands
1997: Ioana Robu, Romania
1996: Weraduwage Ravindranath Gamini de Silva, Sri Lanka
1995: Elena Ivanova Korotkova Librarian, Moscow
1994: Gu Xiaohong, China
1993: none awarded
1992: Ruihong Zhang Librarian, China
1991: Sally Anne Montserin, Trinidad and Tobago
1990: Olufunmilayo Olufunke Akhigbe, Nigeria
1989: none awarded
1988: Sitsofe Afua Dzansi, Ghana
1987: Frances L. Bluhdorn, Australia
1986: Chandraiya Librarian, Fiji
1985: Lise Noregaard Christensen Librarian, Denmark
1984: Mahesh P.S., India
1983: none awarded
1982: Teresita Chavez Moran, Philippines
1981: Erna G. Klopper, Republic of South Africa
1980: Margaret Okeke, Nigeria; and K.S. Yeung, Hong Kong
1979: Catherine Pi-Ying Yang, Taiwan; and Sile M. Nevin, Ireland;
1978: Susan Anne Flegg, Rhodesia; and Maria Dulcineia Nunes, Portugal
1977: Wilawan Vongsuphar, Thailand; and Miskiah Ahmad, Malaysia
1976: Godfrey Belleh, Nigeria; and Bror L. Erikson, Sweden
1975: Lucita B. Dones, Philippines
1974: Jean Adams, Scotland
1973: A.M. Pathan Librarian, India; and Shinako Honda, Japan

For more information about any of MLA's grants or scholarships, contact Lisa C. Fried, 312.419.9094 x28.