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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Health Information Outreach- Tennessee | East Tennessee State University - Medical Center | This project will provide consumer health training and consumer health brochures based on Medline Plus to rural public libraries, Remote Area Medical clinics (RAMUSA.org), local health departments, rural federally supported medical clinics, rural dental clinics, faith-based clinics, an African American Community Center, and a church outreach and downtown city festival (Corazon) for Latinx people in Tennessee. These groups will be trained to use MedlinePlus. They will search MedlinePlus and identify valuable consumer health information and print what they want to use in their agency… | |||
| Connecting People to Telehealth Public Library | Lawton Public Library | The Lawton Public Library intends to bridge the digital divide with telehealth kiosks and programming to improve individuals’ access to health information. The primary outreach is to the medically underserved members in Comanche County. The library will connect with people experiencing homelessness, transient populations, lower income, and English as a second language… | |||
| Connecting Rural Paramedic Education Classrooms | Elizabethtown Community Hospital | The Elizabethtown Community Hospital Paramedic Education Program aims to support a pipeline for emergency medical professionals certified as paramedics, the highest level of pre-hospital care certification and licensure. The education and skills students of the program receive allows them to adapt to any given situation and to make informed decisions about the health of the patients and communities they serve. Updated distance learning equipment will enable program faculty… | |||
| Connecting Underserved Communities to Health Sciences Information Resources Via Public Libraries | University of New Mexico - Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC) is the state's only public academic health sciences library and strives to improve health and health equity for all New Mexicans. HSLIC seeks to engage with diverse underserved populations through rural public libraries and connect library staff with the appropriate NLM/NNLM resources and training. | |||
| ConnectNow | Respond Now | The proposed project will allow for the creation of a digital literacy program and lab housed within Respond Now, a South Suburban Cook county homeless service provider. The proposed program, entitled ConnectNow, will give those with a limited access to technology and health information, an equitable chance to improve digital literacy skills and individual health. |