{"id":21662,"date":"2025-01-08T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/?p=21662"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:00:11","slug":"funding-available-for-y5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/funding-available-for-y5\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Available for Technology, Collection Development, and Professional Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21665 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/now-open-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Announcement for funding opportunities from Region 5 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine with illustration of a person with a megaphone surrounded by dollar signs\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/now-open-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/now-open-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/now-open-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/now-open-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/01\/now-open.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>Today, the NNLM Region 5 opened new funding opportunities for member organizations in the region. Funded awards improve access to health information, furthering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/about\/about-nnlm\">mission of the NNLM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pending budget availability, upcoming awards for the May 1, 2025- April 30, 2026 funding period include:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/funding\/rfa\/technology-improvement-award-year-5\">Technology Improvement Award<\/a><\/strong>, to increase access to technology. 2 Awards, $5,000 each<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/funding\/rfa\/collection-improvement-award\">Collection Improvement Award<\/a><\/strong>, to support library collection development of health materials. Applications from public libraries, community-based organizations, and organizations with limited collections budgets will be prioritized. 4 awards, $1,500 each<\/p>\n<p>Timeline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 11, 2025: Letters of Intent due for Technology Improvement and Collection Improvement Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>April 17, 2025: Applications due<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>June 2, 2025: Funded projects begin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>April 30, 2026: Final reports due for funded projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Development Award<\/strong>, to provide continued learning opportunities on health information and research. Applications for this award will be accepted on an ongoing basis beginning May 1, 2025, until funding is expended. A request for applications will be available in the spring of 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for applying for NNLM awards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NNLM provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/nnlm-proposal-writing-toolkit\">toolkit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/how-apply-nnlm-funding-1\">course<\/a>\u00a0to support your application.<\/li>\n<li>Browse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/funding\/current?combine=&amp;state_province_id=All&amp;region_8%5B5%5D=5&amp;page=0\">Previously Funded Awards<\/a> to get to know the types of projects funded by Region 5 and generate ideas for your application.<\/li>\n<li>Region 5 staff are available to answer questions. Contact Emily Hamstra, Assistant Director (ehamstra@uw.edu).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the NNLM Region 5 opened new funding opportunities for member organizations in the region. Funded awards improve access to health information, furthering the mission of the NNLM. Pending budget availability, upcoming awards for the May 1, 2025- April 30, 2026 funding period include: Technology Improvement Award, to increase access to technology. 2 Awards, $5,000&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/funding-available-for-y5\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2956,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,314],"tags":[200,30,191,260],"class_list":["post-21662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funding","category-news-from-nnlm-region-5","tag-collection-development","tag-funding","tag-professional-development","tag-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2956"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21662"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21705,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21662\/revisions\/21705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}