MLA/NLM Spectrum Scholarship

For many years the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) jointly sponsored two annual scholarships through the American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Initiative Scholarship program. This was funded by the National Library of Medicine under NLM contract NO1-LM-1-3515 with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. The two organizations made an annual donation each year to support under-represented students in their goals to become health sciences information professionals.

The Spectrum Scholarship Program is administered through the ALA Office for Diversity. African American, Latinx, Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander and other individuals attending ALA-accredited library schools are eligible. For more information, contact the ALA Spectrum program at 800.545.2433 or spectrum@ala.org.