TLA Grant Application Form

Please read the information about each grant below and choose which to apply for. Please use one form per applicant. You can use the same form to nominate one individual for multiple grants.

Please prepare a narrative for review criteria one through five, not to exceed a total of 3 type-written pages. The bibliography (criteria #6), is not included in the 3 page limit. Please use 12-point font, either Arial or Times New Roman, and include the following information, in ONE document. This will be requested from every applicant and serves only as points of data, not a determination of eligibility. Please delineate your grant utilizing the sections described below so the Committee will have an easier time understanding how you are addressing each point. Check the boxes below to confirm that your essay includes all the below components:

The Christina B. Woll Memorial Fund Committee will award grants to libraries with specific goals and demonstrated needs in the area of collection development. Please answer all questions completely to allow the committee to understand your goals and collection needs.

Woll Grant

In 400 words or less, please describe how this grant will be used to develop your collection.

Please describe what metrics and methods you will use to evaluate the success of your project and the use of the Christina B. Woll Memorial Grant to purchase children’s books.

Through recognition and ceremony, to make good ideas and practices of an innovative program visible and, thereby, enlarge the history of choices and alternatives that others can draw upon to design programs to fit the unique characteristics of their own institutions and the communities they serve. The Demco/Upstart Innovative Programming Award recognizes two libraries – one school and one for all other library types (i.e., public, academic, special) that have implemented innovative programs that other organizations can drawn upon, adapted, replicated and scaled to fit the unique characteristics of their institutions and the communities they serve. Each winning library receives a $1,000 check and a plaque. Application Guidelines Texas libraries of any size or type are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Two awards are available, one for school libraries and the second for all other library types (i.e., public, academic, special). Applicants may apply for only one of the awards. The program must have been in existence for a minimum of one year by the application deadline and should have been initiated no more than three years ago. In other words, for a project to qualify for the 2024 award, it must have started after February 2021 but before February 2023. A library may apply as often as desired but may not submit an application for a previous Upstart winning program.