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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridging Knowledge in Wayne County, NC | UNC Wayne | The primary goal of the Bridging Knowledge project is to increase both health and digital equity within Wayne County, NC by the use of grant-provided technology in a series of community partnership programs. This will be achieved by working with both the general community and new graduate nurses. In community partnership with Wayne County Public Library, a series of classes will cover a variety of health literacy programs focusing on the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.… | |||
| Building Capacity Among Librarians for Machine Learning Applications to Bibliographic Data | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Health Sciences Library | This project will develop an open access, web-based user interface for machine learning tools currently in use as desktop applications by UNC Health Sciences Library (HSL) and create an accompanying full-day curriculum to be delivered to research librarians at multiple institutions at no cost. This funding will allow UNC HSL to share their expertise with other institutions around applying these innovative approaches to analyzing bibliographic data. Machine learning approaches in use at UNC HSL include… | |||
| Feed, Read, and Grow: Pediatric Anxiety Management Videos | Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia Campus | Feed, Read, and Grow is a multi-agency project focused on improving access to health services, food, and literacy resources in the community. We will produce videos with content developed by the creative wellness company JOI NEURON based on recommendations from pediatricians and mental health professionals and delivered through original characters and educational songs in English and Spanish. These videos will be freely available on YouTube and Vimeo. The goal is to engage caregivers and their children in a fun learning experience about the important topic of anxiety. Through a… | |||
| Get Healthy with Rover! | Library System of Lancaster County | The Library System of Lancaster County (LSLC) provides mobile library resources to home-based childcare providers of children birth to age five through the Be READy Rover bookmobile, the Early Literacy Outreach Specialist, and their partnership with community organizations. Collaboratively, we focus on essential components to healthy development and learning, provide training and educational materials to providers, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, helped to provide basic food services to Providers and the families they serve. The Get Healthy with Rover! project would utilize the… | |||
| Getting Connected: Digital Literacy Education for Seniors | Penn Asian Senior Services | We want to empower Asian-American seniors to engage with digital life. The Pew Charitable Trust found that nearly one-third of seniors report never using the internet. Low-income seniors and seniors with limited English, especially, do not have access. According to the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 21% of immigrant adults who speak a language other than English at home have no computer experience, compared to only 5% of English speakers. Even if seniors manage to get online, they disproportionately fall… |