MALC Professional Development Award

The Memphis Area Library Council Professional Development Award is designed to support the continued growth, learning, and professional advancement of our library community. The award is intended to provide funds to MALC personal members or institutional representatives of MALC institutional members as they participate in relevant professional meetings, programs, or activities.

The MALC Professional Development Award may be offered multiple times per year, depending on available funding. The award is administered by the MALC Awards Committee.

Apply for the MALC Professional Development Award

  • Current deadline: December 14, 2026
  • Submit this form to apply.
  • Eligibility and submission criteria are below. 
  • Your application will be reviewed by the Awards Committee. If you meet all eligibility requirements, you will be entered into a random drawing to determine the winner(s) of the award after the deadline.
  • Depending on available funding, the Awards Committee may partially fund a submission.

Eligibility Criteria

Potential awardees must:
  • Be a current MALC personal member in good standing or a current institutional representative of an institutional member in good standing.
  • Have not received the award in the current fiscal year (July-June).
  • Use the funding within the next 12 months.
  • Agree to share a written report on what they learned from their professional development opportunity with the MALC Awards Committee.

Submission Criteria

Potential awardees will be required to submit:
  • A short description (maximum 500 words) of the professional development opportunity they are seeking and how they seek to learn and advance from this opportunity.
    • Possible professional development opportunities include, but are not limited to, attending a conference or other event, taking a continuing education course, joining a professional organization, and purchasing a book or other information source.
  • The total anticipated cost for taking part in the opportunity and a list of other funding sources (if any) for this professional development opportunity.