This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
For awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021) please visit Past Funded Projects.
To browse our open funding opportunities please visit Funding Opportunities.
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| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educating dental health students through simulation, active learning, and virtual modalities. | Lake Washington Institute of Technology | To increase active learning for dental students and create a library of hand skills videos for future cohorts and the public who are interested in the subject matter. A high speed camera and special router will be used for filming, streaming, and uploading to the cloud. The project products will become part of the college library of Open Educational Resources (OER). | Washington | ||
| Empathy Lens: Humanizing Images & Education for Harm Reduction | University Of Washington - Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute | Research has demonstrated that the use of stigmatizing language and imagery related to substance users perpetuates harmful stereotypes and health inequities among this already marginalized population. As information specialists in the substance use field, part of our mission is to advance the progress of addiction science and improve public health by seeking and sharing valid and reliable information about substance use disorders for a range of audiences, including information about harm reduction, treatment, prevention, and recovery for researchers, health care providers, the public… | Washington | ||
| Enabling Engagement with 3-D Scanning Technology | Oregon Health & Science University Library | The Oregon Health & Science University’s OHSU Library will make 3-D scanning technology more available to communities through Equipment Lending and Special Collections Outreach. Experience with creating and manipulating 3-D representations of medical and scientific objects is important to the spatial thinking and creativity of academic, research and community learners served by the OHSU Library. Creating an opportunity to experiment with this technology can provide a background that learners can build on for more advanced scientific training or… | Oregon | ||
| H.E.A.L.T.H. (Health Equity Access: Library Telehealth Hub) | Sacramento Public Library | The Sacramento Public Library, in partnership with HealthImpact, will station a private booth at one library location to be used for telehealth purposes. The booth will be equipped with wi-fi, a laptop, monitor, printer, additional lighting, webcam, and microphone to ensure high-quality video for virtual, private appointments with health professionals. Patrons can make an appointment with a Registered Nurse using Health Impact's telehealth platform. | California | ||
| Health Info Access Center in the Western Frontier /Centro de Acceso a Información de Salud en la Frontera Occidental | Advancing Modoc, a division of TEACH inc. | With partnerships across Modoc County and the rural far north, we will use this equipment to provide access to use virtual health information tools in service with their families. This bilingual project will provide access and support to rural community members, college students and organizational partners and extend access to NLM and NNLM’s multilingual health information resources. | California |