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NER announces the availability of awards in support of projects that advance the National Library of Medicine's mission to improve access to health information. Network members can apply for awards via brief proposals that describe the target audience, scope, and expected outcome of the project. Awards are offered in support of technology, outreach, and professional development. Awards will be made under the following categories:

Express Outreach

Express Outreachis the broad category of awards for projects involving community outreach, professional development, and instructional design.

Community Engagement Awards support short-term outreach projects that involve advancing health information resources in collaboration with local community groups. These projects are smaller than extensive outreach subcontracts.


Course DevelopmentAwards support the development of instructional programs that improve the knowledge and skills of librarians, health care providers, and other groups. Courses may be delivered in-person or through various technologies.


Exhibits Awards are for members' participation at venues that promote health information resources. Funds support registration and fees, travel, and related expenses. Members can promote their local library resources while promoting the National Library of Medicine.


Partnering LibrariesAwards assist members' learning through onsite learning at partnering institutions. Members find a participating library that will host their learning and exploration in a particular area of library or informatics practice.

Technology Awareness Program Awards

Technology Awareness Awards fund learning programs for large groups. The focus should be the application of technology in health information or health care and policy issues related to health information technologies. Programs can be day-long events or a series of learning venues.

Internet Connectivity Awards

Internet Connectivity Awards fund the expanded access to health information needed in libraries, resource centers, and other health care settings. Connectivity awards allow network members to purchase technologies to make health information readily available to users.

Electronic Document Delivery Awards

Electronic Document Delivery Awards allow members to enhance information delivery through the implementation of electronic document delivery technologies. Funds can be used towards the purchase of hardware or software technologies.

Funding amounts, proposal requirements, and expectations are listed in our Award section of NER's Funding page. Funding decisions are based on need, amount to be funded, and availability of funds. Funded projects are required to submit progress reports and standard activity reporting forms.

Funding projects are required to submit progress reports, standard activity reporting forms and a finacial statement.

If you are thinking about a project, please send me a note at javier.crespo@umassmed.edu, or call 508-856-2223. Find out if one of our awards can be a good match.

MLA is now accepting applications for The Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship established by MLA to fund research aimed at expanding the research knowledge base of health sciences information management and enhancing the role of health sciences librarians and other information professionals in health care access and delivery, public health, consumer information, health professions education or biomedical research. The endowment will provide a $25,000 grant, awarded annually by MLA through a competitive grant process, to a qualified health sciences librarian, informatician, health professional, researcher, educator, or health administrator.

An application and more information about the fellowship can be accessed at http://www.mlanet.org/awards/ or by contacting Lisa C. Fried, MLA's Credentialing, Professional Recognition and Career Coordinator at mlapd2@mlahq.org.

The awardee will be notified in late February 2007.

What's new from the July-August 2006 NLM Technical Bulletin:

Change the display format of single citations using the My NCBI user preferences
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja06/ja06_myncbi_display_preference.html

TOXLINE unified
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja06/ja06_sis_toxline_combined.html

Updated PubMed training manuals available
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja06/ja06_technote.html#9

NLM RSS feeds and podcasts
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja06/ja06_technote.html#10

Number of authors per MEDLINE/PubMed citation
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja06/ja06_technote.html#11

NLM Gateway adds Profiles in Science
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja06/ja06_technote.html#8

And from previous editions of the NLM Technical Bulletin, in case you missed 'em:

Skill kit: Overview of resources from the Toxicology & Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj06/mj06_skill_kit_sis.html

NCBI Toolbar no longer supported
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj06/mj06_technote.html#8

NIH Grant numbers in PubMed citations
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj06/mj06_grant_numbers.html

Wellcome Trust grant numbers added to MEDLINE/PubMed citations
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj06/mj06_wellcome.html

PubMed maintenance for EDATs on older citations
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma06/ma06_technote.html#3

MedlinePlus adds tutorial on evaluating internet health information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma06/ma06_technote.html#4