{"id":34272,"date":"2026-02-09T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=34272"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:59:29","slug":"chis-trainingaward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/chis-trainingaward\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for the CHIS Training Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Empower your library staff and strengthen your community\u2019s access to trustworthy health information with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/funding\/rfa\/nnlm-consumer-health-information-specialization-chis-training-award-2025-2026\">NNLM CHIS Training Award<\/a>. This award supports individuals who hold a level 1 or level 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/consumer-health-information-specialization\">Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS)<\/a> in teaching an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/chis-classes-teach-your-community\">NNLM CHIS class<\/a> in their own community, using established NNLM course materials to expand access to high quality consumer health information training.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34273\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/CHIS-Award-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/CHIS-Award-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/CHIS-Award-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/CHIS-Award-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/CHIS-Award-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/02\/CHIS-Award.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>By teaching a CHIS course, library workers in your community will gain the skills and knowledge to confidently deliver reliable health information, increase access to reliable resources, and foster library staff as local health information leaders. If you are ready to boost your organization\u2019s staff expertise in health information, submit your application today!<\/p>\n<h3>Award Details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Period of Performance: November 1, 2025 &#8211; April 15, 2026<\/li>\n<li>Amount: $300<\/li>\n<li>Number of Awards Available: Minimum of 7<\/li>\n<li>Application Deadline: March 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. MST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please direct all questions to the NNLM Training Office at <a href=\"mailto:nto@utah.edu\">nto@utah.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empower your library staff and strengthen your community\u2019s access to trustworthy health information with the NNLM CHIS Training Award. This award supports individuals who hold a level 1 or level 2 Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) in teaching an NNLM CHIS class in their own community, using established NNLM course materials to expand access to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/chis-trainingaward\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding","category-request-for-applications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34275,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34272\/revisions\/34275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}