ALISE / Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Grant

ALISE / Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Amount: US $1,000
Last Updated: February 18, 2026

Summary

The ALISE / Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award, established in 1996, honors full-time faculty who creatively incorporate evolving technologies into library science curricula. Sponsored by the Pratt Institute, this $1,000 award recognizes innovation, originality, and the impact on educational practices in library and information studies. Nominees are evaluated on criteria such as technology use, originality of concept, and collaborative approaches, ensuring significant contributions to student learning outcomes and ethical technology application.

Overview

About ALISE ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) is a non-profit organization that serves as the intellectual home of faculty, staff, and students in library and information science, and allied disciplines. We promote innovation and excellence internationally through leadership, collaboration, advocacy, and dissemination of scholarship. ALISE / Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Established in 1996, the $1,000 cash award (sponsored by Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, on behalf of the late David Severn, a 1968 Pratt alumnus) is designed to identify innovation by full-time faculty members, or a group of full-time faculty members, in incorporating evolving information technologies in the curricula of accredited master’s degree programs in library and information studies. Evaluation Each nomination will be reviewed for its eligibility and assessed using the following criteria to assure that it is the work of an eligible faculty member and will be appraised with respect to: Significance and innovative use of evolving technology Originality of concept Extent of impact on curricula, the University, and/or Society Transferability to programs at other institutions Collaborative technological approaches with other University units Daring, creative uses of emerging technologies for achieving student learning outcomes Emphasis on ethical and critical use of technology for social impact Sponsor Thank you to the generous support of the Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Any full-time faculty member, or group of full-time faculty members, in a master’s degree-granting institution of library and information studies, can be proposed for this award. Any eligible faculty member, or group of full-time members, may propose themselves for this award.

Ineligibility

Part-time faculty members are not eligible for this award.Entire departments of library and information studies are also not eligible for the award, a smaller group of faculty members must be selected.