The purpose of the MLA Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship is to assist in the education and training of health science librarians from countries outside the United States and Canada. The fellowship supports attendance at the MLA annual conference and observation and supervised work in one or more medical libraries in the United States and Canada. The fellowship is granted bi-annually in even-numbered years to two librarians. The applicant must have an undergraduate degree and/or a master's level library degree. The latter requirement may be waived. The applicant must be working or preparing to work in a health science library in their own country. They must be a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than the United States or Canada. The applicant is not required to be a member of MLA. Past recipients of the Cunningham Fellowship are ineligible. Applicants must submit a written essay in English and a video essay answering the questions posted on the fellowship's website, as well as a typed transcript of the video content. Applicants must also submit three letters of reference in English from responsible persons who are familiar with the applicant's qualifications. It may include officers of institutions where the applicant has worked, US officers of information, other librarians from the applicant's country, or persons in North America. The letter should describe the applicant's professional and interpersonal skills; an assessment of their sense of curiosity; and their ability to live alone, function in a foreign setting, and adaptability to traveling in unfamiliar places. A signed statement in English from a responsible official of the institution where they work or plan to work, guaranteeing their position upon return; and a certificate of good physical health, written in English, from a licensed physician must also be submitted. Please visit the fellowship's website or contact the Medical Library Association for more information.