iLactation Barbara Wilson-Clay Scholarship 2025

In honor of the important contribution of Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS Ed, IBCLC, FILCA to the development of the IBCLC profession throughout her career over more than four decades, iLactation is proud to offer our fourth iLactation Barbara Wilson-Clay scholarship for an aspiring IBCLC. The scholarship includes full registration for the upcoming iLactation conference (18 CERPs), and a hard copy of the 7th edition of The Breastfeeding Atlas by Barbara Wilson-Clay and Kay Hoover.

Applications for the iLactation Barbara Wilson-Clay Scholarship 2025 are open now. Closing date for applications: July 31, 2025. The winner will be announced on August 7th at the end of World Breastfeeding Week.

Selection criteria:
• An aspiring IBCLC
• from an underserved community
• who works or volunteers in an outpatient setting.

About Barbara

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS Ed, IBCLC, FILCA became a La Leche League Leader in 1981 and served as Professional Liaison Leader for the Western United States. She qualified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 1987 and was recognized as a Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association in 2008. Barbara maintained a busy private practice in Austin, Texas for 30 years and continues to consult on specialized cases. She has served on national and international coalitions to promote breastfeeding. A volunteer citizen-lobbyist at the Texas Legislature since 1990, Barbara advocates for breastfeeding as a health policy issue and helped pass a landmark law protecting the civil rights of nursing mothers in Texas. She helped found and served on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Mothers Milk Bank at Austin, retiring as Vice President of the Board in 2011. Barbara’s commentaries on practice ethics, case studies, and original research have been widely published. She serves on the editorial review boards of several lactation journals. Her clinical photographs appear in textbooks and lactation training programs. She and her late husband, David, raised three daughters in Austin. Two grandchildren, Ellie and Oliver, have joined the family.

Barbara was one of our earliest iLactation speakers and we are excited to introduce our fourth scholarship in her name to honour her in retirement.

What you need to do – please complete the form below and click the blue Submit button. If you have any difficulties with the form please contact us.

The fine print: The iLactation Barbara Wilson-Clay Scholarship 2025 is awarded at the discretion of iLactation and the decision is final. The scholarship must be taken for the Sept – Dec 2025 conference and cannot be redeemed for money. A short report will be required after the conference has been completed.