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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection Equity | University of Southern Maine - Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library | Our goal in seeking this award is to improve the resources available to students of the University of Southern Maine to learn about health equity narratives, stories, and issues, especially as they pertain to clinical practice and care challenges affecting Maine. To this end, Glickman Library would use this award to add resources to our collection that are centered on issues of rural healthcare, health of refugee and immigrant communities in Southern Maine, and indigenous health, focusing on both academic texts and personal stories. USM graduates students in the… | |||
| Collection Equity | Moultonborough Public Library | We plan on purchases books related to aging, general health, retirement, and longevity. These resources will be placed on a special shelf and highlighted in our catalog so they are easy to find. We also plan to purchase multiple copies of the three books found on the NNLM website specifically to use for book discussions. We will be contacting health providers to see if they would like to be part of the discussions and to answer questions related to the topics found in those books. Our goal is to engage seniors with resources related to health topics and to start… | |||
| Collection Equity | University of Connecticut - Lyman Maynard Stowe Library | The University of Connecticut has made diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority throughout all campuses. The UConn Health Sciences Library shares this deep commitment to DEI. As we look towards our future, we envision the growth of the library, including improved re-organizational goals. DEI is a central component to making the growth and restructuring of our collections happen in order to make positive changes for our library. We will increase representation of historically underrepresented groups. With this grant in mind, we are seeking financial assistance through the… | |||
| Collection Equity | University of Maine at Augusta - Bennett D. Katz Library | If awarded a Collection Equity Award, the funds will be spent on developing a collection of graphic medicine materials that will be added to the circulating stacks of the Bennett D. Katz Library on the campus of the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA). The goal in acquiring graphic medicine materials is two-fold: 1.) to increase students’ understanding of medical topics for their academic success, and 2.) increase students’ empathy and communication as patient-educators. The use of graphic medicine in the curricula of a handful of US and UK medical schools has… | |||
| Collection Equity Award | Icahn School of Medicine at Mo unt Sinai | The Levy Library is a central place for learning and dialogue in the Mount Sinai community. A Collection Equity award would provide an amazing opportunity to invite our students, faculty and staff throughout the Health System to recommend titles and authors so that we can purchase additional print and electronic resources that will impact their lives as learners, care providers, and teachers. While we currently offer print and digital “Special Topics in Medicine” collections which invite our community to learn through access to emerging and historically marginalized voices and… |