The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents sponsors a number of grants and awards. Grants for the 2024 ALAN Workshop are due on September 1, 2024.
The Smith-Carlsen Grant
The Smith-Carlsen Grant for graduate students offers $500 funding plus complimentary registration toward attendance at the annual 2-day ALAN Workshop. Eligible applicants must be enrolled as full-time graduate students in a program focused on English Education, Literacy Education, and/or Young Adult Literature and must not have attended an ALAN Workshop previously. Membership in ALAN is required for consideration. One Smith-Carlsen Grant will be awarded annually, and each recipient may only receive the grant once.
For more information and to apply, visit https://alan-ya.org/awards/the-smithcarlsen-grant/. Application due September 1, 2024.
The Cart-Campbell Grant
The Cart-Campbell Grant for librarians offers $500 funding plus complimentary registration toward attendance at the annual two-day ALAN Workshop which is held at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English on the Monday and Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving Day. Eligible applicants are practicing librarians working with teens in high school, junior high school, middle school, or public libraries. Membership in ALAN is required for consideration. One Campbell-Cart Grant will be awarded annually, and each recipient may only receive the grant once.
For more information and to apply, visit https://alan-ya.org/awards/the-cartcampbell-grant/. Application due September 1, 2024.
ALAN Foundation Grant
ALAN also sponsors the ALAN Foundation Grant, a research grant awarded for research in the field of young adult literature. This grant has additional stipulations; please read the application carefully.
For more information and to apply, visit https://alan-ya.org/awards/alan-foundation-grant/. Application due October 1, 2024.