{"id":34389,"date":"2026-05-18T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=34389"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:20:05","slug":"region-4-professional-development-award-applications-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/region-4-professional-development-award-applications-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Region 4 Professional Development Award Applications Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-33935\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Y5-Prof-Dev-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Y5-Prof-Dev-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Y5-Prof-Dev-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Y5-Prof-Dev-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Y5-Prof-Dev-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Y5-Prof-Dev.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/>Applications are officially open for our latest round of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/offices\/region4\/region-4-professional-development-awards-year-5-2026-2027\">professional development awards<\/a>, which are designed to connect you with the tools and learning opportunities needed to excel.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Period of Performance<\/strong>: July 15, 2026 &#8211; February 28, 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Award Amount<\/strong>: Up to $2,500<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of Awards Available<\/strong>: Minimum of 10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Application Deadline<\/strong>: Applications accepted and awarded on a rolling basis until the January 2, 2027 5:00 pm MT deadline or when funds are depleted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>: These awards are intended for use by individuals affiliated with NNLM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/membership\/directory?combine=&amp;region_8%5B4%5D=4&amp;city=&amp;postal_code=\">Region 4 member institutions<\/a>. If your organization is not currently a member, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/membership\/join\">free to join<\/a> and only takes a few minutes to complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions?<\/h3>\n<p>If you have any questions about the application process, please reach out to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:john.bramble@utah.edu\">John Bramble<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:region4@nnlm.gov\">region4@nnlm.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are officially open for our latest round of professional development awards, which are designed to connect you with the tools and learning opportunities needed to excel. Key Details Period of Performance: July 15, 2026 &#8211; February 28, 2027 Award Amount: Up to $2,500 Number of Awards Available: Minimum of 10 Application Deadline: Applications accepted&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/region-4-professional-development-award-applications-now-open\/\">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":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-members","category-funding"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389","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=34389"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34393,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions\/34393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}