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Are You Eligible for Financial Assistance?

Your institution needs not be an EDUCAUSE member to apply for this program. While more than one candidate from the same institution may be considered in a single award year, priority will be placed on distributing fellowship opportunities broadly. The selection committee will consider applications from outside the United States, but grant resources and event programming limit our ability to support international needs.

Women submitting grant applications to the Jane N. Ryland Fellowship Program will be considered for the Diane Balestri Memorial Scholarship.

These programs provide funds for professionals who deserve the same opportunities to advance that they help to provide for so many faculty and students.

Eligible EDUCAUSE Events

As a preeminent association for higher education information technology professionals, EDUCAUSE offers one of the most comprehensive, respected programs of face-to-face learning opportunities going. Nearly 10,000 college and university technology managers and practitioners meet every year at more than a dozen EDUCAUSE-sponsored events to develop the skills, knowledge, and relationships to help their institutions seize today's opportunities and minimize tomorrow's risk. Ryland Fellowship grants may be applied to the events below.

Annual Conference

EDUCAUSE 2014
September 29–October 2
Orlando, Florida

Regional Conferences

These smaller, more intimate versions of the EDUCAUSE annual conference offer a variety of opportunities for you to learn, share, and connect with others in your field and from your part of the country.

  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
  • Midwest Regional Conference
  • NERCOMP—NorthEast Regional Computing Program (An EDUCAUSE Affiliate)
  • Southeast Regional Conference
  • West/Southwest Regional Conference

Specialized Conferences

  • EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Conference
  • Enterprise IT Leadership Conference
  • Security Professionals Conference

Leadership Development Events

  • EDUCAUSE Institute: New IT Managers Program
  • EDUCAUSE Institute: Management Program
  • EDUCAUSE Institute: Leadership Program
  • EDUCAUSE Institute: Learning Technology Leadership Program
  • Leading Change Institute
  • Breakthrough Models Academy

How Are Recipients Selected?

Recipients of Ryland Fellowships are selected annually on a competitive basis. Applicants may serve their institutions in any information technology management area: central IT organizations, academic units, or administrative departments.

Applications are reviewed by a selection committee using the following criteria:

  • Applicant's commitment to higher education and information technology
  • Institutional commitment to information technologies, to employee professional development, and to the applicant
  • Potential benefit to the applicant and his or her institution
  • Institutional economic need

 

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October 15–18, 2013
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