Overview
From 2013 until 2025, the Edward Delaney Scholarship facilitated the professional growth and development of early-career institutional research professionals by providing assistance to attend the AIR Forum.
The benefactor of the award, Edward Delaney, served as AIR President from 1992–1993, AIR Forum Chair for the 1990 AIR Forum, and as an NCES/AIR Senior Fellow.
Previous Recipients
- Qingyang (Claire) Liu, Institutional Research Data Analyst, Clarkson University (2024)
- Benjamin Pichlmaier, Research Analyst, Lehigh University (2023)
- Kyle Diep, Director of Institutional Research, Lake Forest College (2020)
- Joanna Timmerman, Assistant Director of Institutional Research, Eastern University (2020)
- Samantha Rogers, Senior Institutional Researcher, Georgia Highlands College (2019)
- Melinda Whitford, Research Analyst, Office of Institutional Analysis, University at Buffalo (2018)
- Steven Babbin, Research Analyst, Tufts University (2017)
- Ross Conover, Associate Director of Institutional Research, St. Mary's College of Maryland (2016)
- Tony Romero, Research Associate, Howard Community College (2015)
- Jill Meyer, Director of Institutional Research, Mount Mary University (2014)
- Natalie Walleser Solverson, Director of Institutional Research, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (2013)
What surprised you the most about AIR Forum?
"The vast differences in IR office structure but the similarities that we share in terms of striving for excellence in our work and wanting to make a difference for our campuses and our students. And it is always fun to get together with people who like data as much as you do." —Natalie Solverson, 2013 Delaney Scholarship Recipient