The Music Libraries Trust is pleased to open applications for the Ian Ledsham Bursary for 2024. The Ian Ledsham Bursary Fund exists to honour the memory of Ian Ledsham, a long-standing and much respected member of the UK & Ireland Branch of IAML, who died in September 2005. The fund offers financial support to IAML (UK & Ireland) branch members who wish to attend IAML's international conferences.

This year, IAML 2024 will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from the 23rd to the 28th of June. Do visit the congress website for more information and for the preliminary programme. Due to the extra cost of travel to South Africa for this congress, the amount awarded this year will exceptionally be £700. The successful candidate will be required to write a 1,000-word report about attending the conference that will be published on relevant IAML and MLT websites.

The application procedure and funding application form can be found on the Music Libraries Trust website. The deadline for submitting applications is Sunday the 5th of May. To apply, please fill out the form and email it, with any other supporting documents, to the Bursaries Administrator, Richard Douglas, at bursaries@musiclibrariestrust.org.