ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Grant

ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Amount: US $500
Last Updated: March 17, 2026

Summary

The ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition invites submissions of methodology papers that explore research techniques relevant to library and information science. Open to all research methodologies, the competition promotes scholarly communication and awards a $500 honorarium to the winning paper. Authors must ensure at least one is a member of ALISE as of the submission deadline. Selected winners will present their findings at the ALISE Annual Conference, fostering innovation and excellence in the field.

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/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition The purpose of this award is to stimulate communication on research methodologies at ALISE annual conferences. The competition is open to all types of methodology. Papers must be limited to description and discussion of a research method or a technique associated with a particular research method. (For example, papers may address such areas as sampling, grounded theory, historical methods, or statistical methods.) Papers must explain the particular method/technique, including methodological implications for library and information science. Examples to illustrate its value can come from LIS-related published studies, proposed studies, and works in progress. One winning paper will be selected. An honorarium of $500 will be awarded to the author(s). In cases of joint authorship, one honorarium will be awarded for the paper. Methodology papers prepared by joint authors are eligible for entry but at least one author must be a personal member of ALISE as of the award submission deadline date. The winners of the awards are expected to present a summary of their papers at the ALISE Annual Conference. Award Criteria The papers will be judged by the committee with the assistance of additional ALISE members in those cases where the methodology warrants. All reviewing is "blind." Methodology papers will be judged on the following criteria: Description of the method or technique. Explanation of methodological implications of the method/technique for LIS. Primary focus on the methodology itself, including its procedures, benefits, and implications. Innovativeness of the method. Innovativeness includes, but is not limited to, a novel research design, new application of an existing method, or the importation of an existing procedure to a new context. Examples of actual or potential applications to library and information science research or studies in related fields (i.e., from published studies, proposed studies, and work in progress). Appropriateness of the examples to the method/technique described. Clarity in the writing and in the paper's organization.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Methodology papers prepared by joint authors are eligible for entry but at least one author must be a personal member of ALISE as of the award submission deadline date.Unpublished papers, as well as papers published within the past 2 years, are eligible for submission. Manuscripts that have been submitted for consideration for publication as well as unpublished manuscripts posted to institutional repositories are also eligible for submission.Papers submitted to this competition can originate from a variety of different sources and applicants are encouraged to develop such papers from their research. Methodology papers completed in pursuit of master's and doctoral studies (e.g. thesis, seminars, dissertation, course work paper) are eligible, as are papers generated as a result of a research grant or other source of funding. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. At least one applicant in a group must be a personal member of ALISE as of the deadline date.

Ineligibility

Papers that stress findings are not eligible for this competition.The candidate may not be a current member of the committee, nor may a current committee member nominate a candidate for the award.Papers whose author or authors have won the award within the past five years are not eligible.