Awards & Grants
AASL awards and grants recognize excellence and showcase best practices in the school library field in categories that include collaboration, leadership, and innovation.
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Awards
- AASL Chapter of the Year Award
- Distinguished School Administrator Award
- Frances Henne Award
- Intellectual Freedom Award
- National School Library of the Year Award
- Roald Dahl’s Miss Honey Social Justice Award
Grants
- ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant
- Bound to Stay Bound Inc. "My First AASL National Conference" Travel Grant
- Innovative Reading Grant
- Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) Collection Development Grants
- Research Grant
- Toor Scholarship for Strong Public School Libraries
Recognition
Historical & Inactive
- Beyond Words: Dollar General School Library Relief Fund (Dollar General Foundation direct grants)
- Collaborative School Library Award (Inactive)
- Distinguished Service Award (Inactive)
- Inspire Collection Development Grant (Historical)
- Inspire Special Event Grant (Historical)
- Past-Presidents Planning Grant for National School Library Standards (Historical)
- The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong Public School Libraries (Historical)
- Social Media Superstars (Inactive)
- STEM Special Event Grant (Historical)
"Inactive" awards and grants are available for sponsorship. If you are interested in supporting school librarians through sponsorship of an award or grant contact Allison Cline at acline@ala.org.
Questions
Allison Cline
Deputy Executive Director
