{"id":34492,"date":"2026-08-24T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=34492"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:17:59","slug":"apply-for-region-4-professional-development-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/apply-for-region-4-professional-development-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for a Region 4 Professional Development Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34494\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/R4-Prof-Dev-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/R4-Prof-Dev-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/R4-Prof-Dev-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/R4-Prof-Dev-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/R4-Prof-Dev-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/08\/R4-Prof-Dev.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Looking to expand your skills, explore new learning opportunities, or strengthen the health information services you provide to your community? NNLM Region 4 is currently offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/offices\/region4\/region-4-professional-development-awards-year-5-2026-2027\">Professional Development Awards<\/a> of up to $2,500 to support eligible members in pursuing conferences, workshops, classes, and other professional development activities aligned with NNLM\u2019s mission. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through January 2, 2027 or until funds are depleted.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Details<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Period of Performance<\/strong>: July 15, 2026 \u2013 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\u00a0<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\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/membership\/join\">free to join<\/a> and only takes a few minutes to complete the form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions?<\/h3>\n<p>If you have any questions about the application process, please reach out to <a href=\"mailto:region4@nnlm.gov\">region4@nnlm.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to expand your skills, explore new learning opportunities, or strengthen the health information services you provide to your community? NNLM Region 4 is currently offering Professional Development Awards of up to $2,500 to support eligible members in pursuing conferences, workshops, classes, and other professional development activities aligned with NNLM\u2019s mission. Applications are accepted on&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/apply-for-region-4-professional-development-award\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-members","category-funding"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34492","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=34492"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34499,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34492\/revisions\/34499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}