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.
| Name | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Health Database Community Engagement Studios | University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | To meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, the Native Health Database (NHD) has necessarily evolved numerous times since its initial creation in the early 1990s. A recently-funded NNLM-SCR project (January-April 2021) saw the migration of its former platform to one now served through Mukurtu CMS, a database that provides numerous pathways for content creators, Indigenous communities, users, and providers to collaboratively—and respectfully—exchange information. To ensure it continues meeting the needs of its myriad stakeholders, this project will engage the… | New Mexico | ||
| NEOBHC Mpox Prevention Outreach Program | Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition | The Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition (NEOBHC) proposes a project to help protect unsuspecting sexual partners from potential infection due to mpox or other STDs. We will create QR code stickers for condom packages. The QR code will link to monkeypox information from MedlinePlus and/or the CDC in addition to information regarding public health treatment locations for those suspecting infection. Our Community Engagement Director will have the bagged condoms available at the NEOBHC table to be… | Ohio | ||
| NFPL Create Your Healthy Life: Bringing Digital Technology and Telehealth Access to Niagara for Learning, Communication, and Building Your Healthiest Future | Niagara Falls Public Library | The goal of the Niagara Falls Public Library (NFPL) Create Your Healthy Life: Bringing Digital Technology and Telehealth Access to Niagara for Learning, Communication, and Building Your Healthiest Future project is to provide its library community a private environment and supportive resources to access telehealth and personal health information by providing private computers and sound-proof, 1 – 4-person meeting booths. The Niagara Falls Public Library is part of the NIOGA Library System, which serves Niagara, Orleans, and Genesee… | New York | ||
| NORTH ALABAMA HEALTH INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES GUIDE | North Alabama Area Health Education Center (AHEC) | North Alabama AHEC is seeking to increase health and digital literacy among minority communities in our service area, including Hispanics, African Americans, and Indigenous Americans, primarily from rural communities. This effort will involve conducting needs assessments, producing a community resource guide, and promoting the content and materials found on the NLM website, especially MedlinePlus with its Spanish language option. | Alabama | ||
| Northstar Digital Literacy: Digital Literacy Skills for Telehealth | Literacy Minnesota | Through a multi-phase project, Northstar will develop several digital health literacy modules. In Phase 1, the focus of this Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) application, Northstar will identify the standards and create an assessment to gauge individuals' digital literacy skills that are needed for successful telehealth participation. Digital literacy is a critical skillset needed to ensure everyone has access to quality health care. Providing devices and internet service alone are not enough – people need digital skills in order to effectively… | Minnesota | ||
| NPL Telehealth Initiative for Seniors | Nashville Public Library | Services targeting seniors continue to move to theinternet (health information, social security, Medicare details, employment opportunities, and other social services). During the Covid-19 pandemic this digital divide has become even more pronounced for seniors. NPL's Digital Inclusion (DI) program aims to close this digital gap andprovide much need health information to underresourced seniors. The Digital Inclusion programcreates cognitive stimulation, eliminatesisolation, reduces depression, builds bonds,creates easier access, provides access to criticalhealth and… | Tennessee | ||
| Nursing and Academic Success: Advancing health literacy and nursing education through student-led curriculum workshops | Southern Connecticut State University-Hilton C. Buley Library | The Southern CT State University (SCSU) Department of Nursing (DN) and the Center for Academic Success and Accessibility Services (CASAS) propose a Health Information Outreach project that will advance health information resources in Minority university students and encourage the use of reliable NLM databases when searching for health information. It will also provide ongoing support for students through the aid of academic peer mentors, a method promoted by experts in order to support Minority students are they pursue careers in nursing. The project’s first phase will… | Connecticut | ||
| Nursing Experts: Translating the Evidence Phase 4 (NExT4) | University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing-Urbana Campus | The University of Illinois Chicago’s Library of the Health Sciences and the College of Nursing have been engaged in a series of evidence-based practice (EBP) education programs targeted to public health, acute and ambulatory care nurses. These programs have expanded and built upon each other and used partnerships and connections towards providing equal access to biomedical… | Illinois | ||
| Nursing Experts: Translating the Evidence Phase 5 (NExT5) | University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing-Urbana Campus | The University of Illinois Chicago’s Library of the Health Sciences (LHS) and the College of Nursing have been engaged in a series of evidence-based practice (EBP) education programs targeted to public health, school health, acute and ambulatory care nurses. These programs have expanded and built upon each other and used partnerships and connections towards providing equal access to biomedical information to all U.S. health professionals and the use of scientific evidence to guide healthcare decision-making. In Phases 1 and 2, the Nursing… | Illinois | ||
| Nutrition and Health Information Literacy in New Haven Public Schools | New Haven Public Schools | This project brings New Haven Public School (NHPS) teachers/librarians, medical librarians from Quinnipiac University and Yale University, medical, and nutritional experts to develop a health information literacy curriculum. We will center on two initial areas: evaluating and applying nutritional information so students can make better decisions about diet, and evaluating health information in order to make better decisions about health claims. By doing so we will further the NNLM mission of “...improving individuals’ access to information to enable them to make… | Connecticut | ||
| Ohio Menstrual Health Equity Project | Aunt Flow | The Ohio Menstrual Health and Period Poverty Information Project is a communitybased project to improve access to menstrual health products and reliable information. It is targeted specifically to youth ages 12+ and adults who menstruate and those who care for them. When people understand menstrual health, they are prepared to advocate for their own care and those they care for recognizing troubling conditions, leading to earlier treatment and better outcomes. | Ohio | ||
| One Bite at a Time: On the Road to Improve Health Outcomes in Rural Jeff Davis County, Texas | Jeff Davis County Library | Jeff Davis County Library, in partnership with the Food Pantry of Jeff Davis County and Friends of the Jeff Davis County Library, have established a mobile outreach program to bring much-needed resources to the rural and remote county. By utilizing a Charlie Cart mobile kitchen and resources from MedlinePlus, the program will be able to offer a comprehensive food and nutrition curriculum to grades kindergarten through fifth grade. | Texas | ||
| Opening Doors to the Outdoors | Blackstone Heritage Corridor | This grant application is to fund adaptive cycling events supported by the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (BHC) Volunteers-In-Parks program in partnership with Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, All Out Adventures, Bike-On, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, to be held along the Blackstone River Greenway in Blackstone, MA and the Blackstone River Bikeway in Lincoln, RI. This grant application is to… | Massachusetts | ||
| Our Community Window: A Library Website for Access and Inclusion | Charlotte Library | Our library has witnessed an ever-increasing demand for health information. Unfortunately, our current website does not allow us to provide the information to our community as quickly as we should. This means our friends and neighbors do not get timely news about weather emergencies or find the mental health resources they need. The problem is two-fold: the outdated site does not support updates and does not meet the accessibility standards. This means that users may not find the information… | Vermont | ||
| Partnering with Community- and Faith-Based Organizations to Co-create Health Literacy and Clinical Trial Toolkits for Underserved Communities | Institute For eHealth Equity | We seek to co-create a health literacy toolkit for community-based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) in NNLM RML2 designed to increase the participation of historically underrepresented populations and communities in clinical research. Using a culturally appropriate and moderated web-based platform, we will connect, convene, and collaborate with 15 leaders of FBO/CBOs and library staff to co-create a toolkit of resources and materials designed to resonate with and reduce reticence of historically underrepresented populations and communities with the ultimate… | Ohio |