Funding Opportunities

The purpose of the Health Information Outreach Award is to ensure that healthcare professionals, patients, and the public are introduced to authoritative health information. This award provides support for projects that improve health information literacy and increase the ability of consumers, caregivers, students, and other members of the public to find and use health information. Funds can also be used to improve healthcare professionals’ access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high-quality biomedical and health information. Awards should focus on building partnerships, collaborating with local community groups, and other stakeholders to provide health information outreach projects to the region.

Subaward activities may begin earlier than the actual fully executed contract date, but no earlier than July 1, 2026, or may be delayed by institutional processing times for the related documentation and contracts.

The purpose of the Express Health Information Outreach Award is to provide support for projects that improve health information literacy and increase the ability of consumers, caregivers, students, and other members of the public to find, access, and use health information. Funds can also be used to improve healthcare professionals’ access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high-quality biomedical and health information.

Subaward activities may start earlier (no earlier than September 1, 2026) or may be delayed depending on how quickly each institution is able to process documentation and contracts.

The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to 1) strengthen the professional knowledge and experience of individual(s) from NNLM network member institutions in health data or health information access related services, 2) empower libraries and other organizations to train staff in skills needed to deliver reliable health information, and 3) build professional capacity in support of specific Region 4 Core Aims, the NNLM mission, and the NLM 2017-2027 Strategic Plan.

Restrictions apply, review the application instructions carefully.

This award is administered by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number UG4LM013732 with the University of Utah.

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The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to enable individuals in Region 3 Network Member institutions to expand professional knowledge and experience to provide improved health information access to healthcare providers and consumers. Funding is provided to individuals interested in attending professional seminars, conferences, and other continuing education opportunities in areas of data science or health information access/delivery and to build professional capacity in support of the goals of the NNLM. These awards are offered throughout the year with the expectation of a short timeline. Individuals may only be awarded once per five-year performance cycle.

Application Deadline: Ongoing until funds are expended or March 1, 2027.

The purpose of the NTO Professional Development Award is to support rural and small library staff in enhancing their ability to serve their communities with trustworthy health information. This professional development opportunity is designed to build capacity in delivering health information, increase community access to reliable resources, and foster library staff as local health information leaders.

Restrictions apply, review the application instructions carefully.

This award is administered by the University of Utah with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number UG4LM013732 with the University of Utah.

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