DESCRIPTION

The CLA Student Conference Grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students with interest in children's literature. The grants help defray registration costs for the NCTE conference. The student conference grants are awarded yearly dependent on available funding.
In 2018, the CLA Board approved the funding of Student Travel grants aiming to support the travel of undergraduate and graduate student members of the Children's Literature Assembly to the Annual NCTE Convention and the CLA Breakfast. For the virtual NCTE Conventions of 2020 and 2021, the grants were converted to Student Conference Grants and help defray registration costs for the NCTE conference. The student grants are awarded yearly dependent on available funding.

The Children's Literature Assembly Student Travel Grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students who have interest in children's literature. Three $150 grants will be awarded, one per student category:
  • undergraduate,
  • graduate (Master's or Specialist's), and
  • doctoral.
If there are no applicants in a particular student category, multiple recipients may be selected from the other student categories. Grants will help fund registration for the NCTE annual convention and CLA breakfast.

2021 Student Conference Grant

Applications are due October 15, 2021, with recipients announced on November 1, 2021
  • To learn more about the Student Conference Grants and the application process, please read our information document.
  • To apply for a Student Conference, complete the application form.