What Is the Cost, and Are Scholarships Available?

The cost of the Frye Institute is much greater than the fee any participant will pay because the Institute is heavily subsidized from scholarships and the Institute's sponsors.

The only charge to participants is $5,000 to cover their personal lodging, meal expenses, and a small portion of program costs. Participants will be housed in the Emory Conference Center, a beautiful residential conference facility near the Emory campus.

A non-refundable participant fee of $2,500 is due upon acceptance to the Institute. The cost of transportation to and from Emory University is the responsibility of the participant. Scholarships are available, and participants are asked to identify their intention to apply for these scholarships in the initial application.

Frye Institute Scholarship Information

Three programs offer scholarships for the Frye Institute. Scholarships will support recipients' travel costs and fees to attend the program. Requests for scholarships will not be a factor in considering or evaluating any application.

The letter of nomination from a senior institutional officer should address institutional resource needs and the level of support the institution will provide.

Applicants will be asked to indicate on the application form the scholarships for which they are eligible and to write a short (500 words maximum) statement of need. The statement should include information about the applicant's background, and how the Institute experience might be used for career advancement in information resources and services.

The Andrew W. Mellon Liberal Arts College Scholarship Program

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources funding to support the recruitment of individuals from liberal arts and small colleges to attend the Frye Leadership Institute.

The Lorie Edwards Scholarship Fund

This scholarship was established in memory of Lorie Edwards, a 2005 Frye Fellow who passed away in 2006. The former associate vice president for information technology and deputy chief information officer for the University of South Carolina, Lorie was proud to be the only person in South Carolina ever to be designated as a Frye Fellow and hoped that her participation would enable her to be a change agent for information technology to enhance instruction and research. In honor of Lorie's luminous spirit and many contributions, this scholarship—funded in large part by her Frye classmates from the class of 2005—is meant to assist a woman from a public institution in attending the program.

The Patricia Battin Scholarship Fund

The Patricia Battin Scholarship Fund assists one to two participants per year. It is intended to increase diversity in the participant class and help individuals whose institutions lack funding for such programs. The purpose of the Battin scholarship program is to foster ethnic, racial, and gender diversity, as well as diversity in professional and scholarly background or type of institution.