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Professional Development Fund

A black and white photograph of CILIPS members cheering at the 2022 CILIPS Annual Conference.

The CILIP Scotland Professional Development Fund aims to provide financial assistance to members wishing to undertake professional development activities related to enhancing skills in the information profession. This can include in person and online conferences, events, courses, seminars or webinars organised by CILIPS, CILIP or other bodies in the UK or overseas.

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Priority will be given to applicants currently undertaking CILIP Professional Registration – Certification, Chartership, Fellowship and/or Revalidation – and in all cases, applicants should specify where their proposed professional development activity links with areas of the Professional Knowledge & Skills Base.

The assistance awarded may not cover all costs and single individual awards are limited to £600. A funding call is made for applications 4 times a year via the CILIPS newsletter, website and social media.

Please note – we will accept estimated costs based on previous events where those details are unavailable at the time of application and in those cases will alter final award accordingly within reason.

*Courses of study leading to a qualification must be accredited by a recognised library body (eg CILIP, LAI). If you are unsure on this point please e-mail admin@cilips.org.uk for clarification before applying.

Funding for the initiative is being sourced from accrued profits earned from CILIPS events.

Full criteria for the fund

Current call for applications

The current call for applications is for events taking place between 1st April and 30th June 2025, including the CILIPS Annual Conference, and the deadline for applications is 12pm on Friday 7th March 2025.

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Additional CPD funding opportunity: TAFLIN Fund Legacy.

CILIPS Tayside has been tasked with managing the remaining CPD funds that the now-folded TAFLIN (Tayside and Fife Library and Information Network) left behind. Any members currently working in the former TAFLIN area (Angus, Dundee, Fife, and Perth & Kinross local authorities) are invited to submit funding bids for personal CPD opportunities they have identified to the CILIPS Tayside Branch Secretary Laura.J.Stewart@angusalive.scot.

Please see the CILIPS Tayside Branch page for full details of this opportunity.

Previous Awards

A condition of receiving an award is that recipients will write up a report for the CILIPS website. The following reports have already been written:

Jane Brebner – YLG Conference

Jill Reid – YLG Conference

Jennifer Horan – YLG Conference (via Storify)

Jeremie Fernandes -THERE IS A BETTER WAY / Information Literacy Skills to Empower

Stephen Leitch – SLG National Conference

Laura MacNeil – CILIPS Conference 2016

Jessica Walther – CILIPS Conference 2016

Alanna Broadley – CILIPS Conference 2016

Melanie Tauscher – CILIPS Conference 2016