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.
| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SciStarter Activity Kit for Native American Citizen Scientists Pilot Project | SciStarter | Assemble a team that will collaborate to review and select a participatory science kit to enhance via new activities that will both support engagement among Native Americans and build awareness among pilot kit users on tribal cultural language and related activities. The team will be composed of a SciStarter team leader, front-end web developer, back-end web developer, a professional designer, an editor, a DEI specialist, communications team, a Region 4 representative (John Bramble or his designee), a librarian, and at least two members of Native American tribes in AZ. | Pennsylvania | ||
| SciStarter Spanish Language Activity Kit Pilot Project | SciStarter | The purpose of this work was to create a pilot project in collaboration with educators and librarians in Spanish-speaking communities to identify a process resulting in publicly accessible health focused SciStarter activities to add to a Citizen Science Kit. The additive activities aim to engage the Spanish speaking students and the public in learning about citizen science and ultimately in collecting and analyzing health-related data as part of the practice of public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge | Pennsylvania | ||
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| Seniors Be Well at GRPL | Trinity Health Saint Mary's | Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Family Medicine Residency Program will partner with the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) to provide a health literacy series for the seniors in our community, particularly our underserved senior populations. Both of these institutions serve people across the lifespan, are members of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), and focus on health literacy and underserved populations. At these talks a physician will provide credible medical information and sources for further information on these topics, sometimes alongside a community… | Michigan | ||
| SHIELD, Supplies, Helpful Information, Emergency, Logistics, and Disaster | Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC) | After a major natural disaster in Western North Carolina (WNC), it was determined that having quick access to essential technology and resources would enhance MAHEC’s disaster response in rural communities; therefore, funding is being sought to create five S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supplies, Helpful Information, Emergency, Logistics, Disaster) kits that will include disaster response technology and resources. The kits will be deployable and support providers as they treat patients in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. | North Carolina |