Recent Funded Projects
| Title | Description | Amount | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outreach 153 - Project TORDS-Technology Outreach to Reduce heath Disparities and Stigma | The purpose of Project “TORDS” is to increase health technology literacy access in rural and underserved communities in southern West Virginia. |
Funding Amount: $15000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Outreach 157 - Development and Dissemination of a Health Information Literacy Training for Rural Youth | Residents of rural communities face increasing challenges to optimizing health and well-being. |
Funding Amount: $14839 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Outreach 160 - Collaborative for Health Literacy: East End Consumer Health Outreach and Computer Access | At 12% proficiency, U.S. health literacy sets the population at disadvantage for consumer health outcomes and overall healthcare costs (NCES, 2006; DHHS, 2017). |
Funding Amount: $14918 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Outreach 167 - Augusta-Richmond Community Health Outreach Project | The Augusta-Richmond Community Health Outreach Project will provide reliable and free access health information to residents within the Richmond County. |
Funding Amount: $1638 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Outreach 172 - For the Public Good: Connecting Research and Community | The program is to build awareness about the importance of how participating in clinical research studies can bring about better therapies for diseases. |
Funding Amount: $10382 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Outreach 194 - The Wash & Learn Initiative for Health Literacy in Greater Washington, D.C. | Health literacy is a critical pathway to better health outcomes. Yet for countless low-income families, health resources like those on MedlinePlus are simply out of reach. |
Funding Amount: $5350 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Health Information Hub at the Chicago Public Library | The project proposed is a health information hub inside a regional Chicago Public Library currently undergoing extensive renovations in a disadvantaged community that suffers from a spate of health co |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Outreach 195 - Speaker Series: Genetics, Lifestyle Choices and the Environment Can Impact a Personal Health | Oftentimes academic universities, public libraries, and churches serve as cultural centers to communities that offer a variety of workshops to promote wellness and health awareness. |
Funding Amount: $5000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Library Project 139 - MLA Special Content Session: Transforming Libraries Using Implicit Bias Training | This session, sponsored by the African American Medical Librarians Alliance (AAMLA) of the Medical Library Association, will provide attendees with an overview of implicit bias, the impact it has in l |
Funding Amount: $5360 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Library Project 151 - Collaborating to Host a Research Data Management Symposium | Data discovery is becoming an increasing trend with the availability of public data sets as a part of the open access movement. |
Funding Amount: $14817 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Library Project 156 - Supporting Student and Faculty Exploration of Bioprinting in UAB Libraries | The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences has long been recognized as a leading health sciences library in the state of Alabama. |
Funding Amount: $13833 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Library Project 162 - NSU-MD Annual Hackathon “NEHAT” at HPD Library | The Martin & Gail Press Health Professions Division Library at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in collaboration with The Kiran C. |
Funding Amount: $14985 |
2018 to 2020 |
| Research Data Management 266 - 2019- UTHSC- NIH-NNLM Research Data Management Symposium | Biomedical and health sciences researchers will participate in a training symposium going beyond the basics of research data management. |
Funding Amount: $13775 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Research Data Management 294 - Equipping Citizen Scientists to Make a Difference: Developing a Plan for an Online Course | A citizen scientist is either a member of the public who works with a scientist to gather data to collaboratively solve a problem, or is investigating a research question on their own. |
Funding Amount: $12793 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Technology 161 - Continuing on PATHS (Patient/Parent Access To Health Sources) Leading to Excellent Patient Care | Continuing on PATHS Leading to Excellent Patient Care will allow patients and families of the University of South Alabama (USA) Medical Center and the High Risk OB/GYN and Well Baby units of the USA C |
Funding Amount: $14999 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Technology 171 - Deployment and Use of iPad Minis in an Urban Academic Medical Center & Health System | Dahlgren Memorial Library at Georgetown University Medical Center is seeking funding for a project designed to assess the utility of iPad Mini tablet devices for use by neonatal intensive care unit an |
Funding Amount: $14745 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Technology 174 - Action Behind Education | Chronic Illness and Disease Awareness (CIDA) is the only organization in our community that seeks to educate the Tri-Cities community about chronic illnesses. |
Funding Amount: $13300 |
2018 to 2019 |
| How to Maximize Your Health Insurance Benefits | Lack of access to treatment for youth living in medically underserved areas with a mental health condition can lead to poor academic performance, substance use, hospitalization, and attempted or compl |
Funding Amount: $20000 |
2018 to 2019 |
| Partner Outreach 2018-2019: University of Illinois at Chicago Library for the Health Sciences - Peoria | Serve as a partner outreach library, offering training and promotion of NLM resources on behalf of the GMR. |
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2018 to 2019 |
| CLUES Health and Well-being Workshops | CLUES requests funding from the NNLM to support a Health and Wellbeing workshop series for the second program year. |
Funding Amount: $20000 |
2018 to 2019 |