Funding Opportunities

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Award supports projects that address natural disasters and local emergencies in the community, using the phases of preparedness, mitigation, recovery, and response.

Awards are cost-reimbursable and issued to the institution, not the individual. Network member organizations in Region 2 are eligible to apply: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the US Virgin Islands.

The Exhibit Award provides funding to exhibit at local, regional, national meetings, summits and conferences for health professionals, information professionals and health consumers. Exhibiting provides an opportunity to promote NLM products, Region 2 programs and/or Region 2 membership.

Awards are cost-reimbursable and issued to the institution, not the individual. Network member organizations in Region 2 are eligible to apply: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the US Virgin Islands.

The purpose of the Health Information Outreach Award is to provide support for projects that improve health information literacy and increase the ability of patients, family members, students and members of the public to find and use health information; or improve health professionals’ access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high-quality biomedical and health information.

Awards are cost-reimbursable and are issued to the institution, not the individual. Network member organizations in Region 2 are eligible to apply: (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands)

The Innovation Impact Award supports new projects that involve creative program improvement and seek to enhance health information outreach, and may not fit into other award categories.

Awards are cost-reimbursable and issued to the institution, not the individual. Network member organizations in Region 2 are eligible to apply: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the US Virgin Islands.

The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to strengthen the professional knowledge and experience of individual network members in data science or health information access/delivery and to build professional capacity in support of the goals of the NNLM.

Network members in Region 2 are eligible to apply: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the US Virgin Islands.

The purpose of the Exhibit Award is to conduct outreach to the region through conferences or by hosting exhibits within their own institutions and to build professional capacity in support of the goals of the NNLM. Individuals may only be awarded once per annual performance cycle.

The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to enable individuals in Region 3 Network Member institutions to expand professional knowledge and experience to provide improved health information access to healthcare providers and consumers.

Ongoing until funds are expended or award end date.

The Health Information Outreach Award is to improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information.

If you would like to discuss your project before submitting a proposal, contact Darlene Kaskie, darlene-kaskie@uiowa.edu.

The mission of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public's health by providing U.S. researchers, health professionals, public health workforce, educators, and the public with equal access to biomedical and health information resources and data.

This award is now closed.

The goal of this program is to introduce the future LIS workforce to the health sciences, trusted National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources, and develop their professional skills. With coaching from a talented NNLM professional, each awardee will deliver a 15-minute presentation (approximate) on an NLM resource or NNLM priority during the Annual Meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA) October 25-29, 2024 in Dallas, TX. Awardees may have additional presentation opportunities if applicable.

Up to $2,500 is reimbursed for expenses associated with participation in meetings - $500 is reserved for registration and other associated costs.

The purpose of the Region 4 Technology Improvement Projects Award Year 4 (2024-2025)  funding is to support short-term projects that involve program improvement concepts, including technology improvements projects. Applications should demonstrate how it will attempt to enhance the applicant’s communities’ access to health information resources designed to improve health literacy skills and how it will support specific Region 4 Core Aims, the NNLM mission, and the NLM 2017-2027 Strategic Plan.

Restrictions apply, see award for details.

This award is administered by the University of Utah with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number UG4LM013732 with the University of Utah.

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The purpose of the Emerging Leader Award is to motivate and prepare a mid-career (at least 5 years) information professional preparing for a position of leadership in a health sciences library.

Funding is used for travel expenses, supplies, and an honorarium for mentors. 

The purpose of the Leadership Pathways Award is to assist current early-to-mid-career information professionals in exploring different forms of influence and leadership within the health sciences library profession.

Funding is used for travel expenses, supplies, and an honorarium for mentors.  

The purpose of the Express Health Information Outreach Award is to provide support for projects that improve health information literacy and increase the ability of consumers caregivers, students, and other members of the public to find, access, and use health information.

Subaward activities may start earlier (no earlier than May 1, 2025) or may be delayed depending on how quickly each institution is able to process paperwork. 

The purpose of the Health Information Outreach Award to ensure that healthcare professionals, patients, and the public are introduced to authoritative health information. This award provides support for projects that improve health information literacy and increase the ability of consumers, caregivers, students, and other members of the public to find and use health information.

Subaward activities may start earlier (no earlier than May 1, 2025) or may be delayed depending on how quickly each institution is able to process paperwork.

The mission of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public's health by providing U.S. researchers, health professionals, public health workforce, educators, and the public with equal access to biomedical and health information resources and data.

The mission of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public's health by providing U.S. researchers, health professionals, public health workforce, educators, and the public with equal access to biomedical and health information resources and data. NNLM’s main goals are to work through libraries and other members to support a highly trained workforce for biomedical and health information resources and data, improve health literacy through access to information.

All sub-awards are cost reimbursement. Line-item invoices must be submitted for reimbursement of expenditures.

The Citizen Science Awards support citizen science initiatives that raise awareness of the environmental determinants of health and participatory science in communities.

This is not a monetary award. Approved applicants will receive a citizen science kit. Applicants can choose between Exploring Biodiversity, Observing Pollinators, or Monitoring Air Quality.

The Citizen Science Awards support citizen science initiatives that raise awareness of the environmental determinants of health and participatory science in communities.

This is not a monetary award. Approved applicants will receive a citizen science kit. Applicants can choose between Exploring Biodiversity, Observing Pollinators, or Monitoring Air Quality.

The Citizen Science Awards support citizen science initiatives that raise awareness of the environmental determinants of health and participatory science in communities.

This is not a monetary award. Approved applicants will receive a citizen science kit. Applicants can choose between Exploring Biodiversity, Observing Pollinators, or Monitoring Air Quality.