The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) is pleased to announce the winners of its travel grant program for the 2025 IFLA WLIC in Astana, Kazakhstan.

With generous support from SAGE, ARL is pleased to be able to sponsor SIX attendees to this IFLA Congress.  Each will participate actively in the WLIC and will write a blog post about their engagement following the program.

Our winners are:

Africa

  • John Maina – Kenya
  • Alfred Yaw Owusu – Ghana 

Asia Pacific and EMA

  • Lucan Eugenio – Philippines 
  • Masoumeh Pasbani – Iran

Latin America

  • Angel Guzman Contreras – Mexico  
  • Marisol Zuñiga – Guatemala

We look forward to hearing more from our awardees!