The Games and Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association is proud to announce that our Game On! Grant application is now open until March 15th! This grant awards either one grant of $2000 or two grants of $1000 to assist a library (or libraries) in developing gaming programs or collections for their communities.
To apply, fill out the form here. Libraries will need to illustrate a plan for a sustainable gaming program or collection created with the funds as well as financial need and institutional support for the proposed project. Winners will be announced at GameRT’s “ALA Play” event at the 2026 ALA Annual conference in Chicago this June.
Previous winners have received support for chess tournaments materials, a circulating multilingual board game collection, video games for after school clubs, and more.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must be a member of ALA in good standing.
- Applicants must be employed with a public, school, academic, or special library.
- No library should receive the Game On! Grant more than two times in a five year period.
- Institutions represented by the Game On! Grant Jury are eligible to apply, but the committee members must recuse themselves from the discussion and voting.