Grants & Funding

As part of the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine provides the following grants and fellowships to organizations and individuals.

Research Grants

• Research Support Grants

  For investigator-initiated research and development projects in biomedical informatics and health information sciences.

• Research Contracts

  Support for informatics research announced periodically through Requests for Proposals and Broad Agency Announcements.

• Infrastructure Improvements and Information Management Support

  Resource grants to improve the dissemination, management and use of biomedical information.

• Small Business Innovation and Technology Research Grants

  For small businesses to increase private sector commercialization of technology developed through Federal research and development.

• Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health

  Small grants, for up to three years, to provide short-term assistance for the preparation of book-length manuscripts about information of value to U.S. health professionals.

Awards Supporting Career Development and Training

• Career Development Support

  Early career development award for informatics and loan repayment program.

• Individual Fellowships for Informatics Training

• Informatics Training at NLM’s University Training Sites

• Woods Hole Medical Informatics: A Course for Health Professionals

Fellowship Programs at NLM

• NLM Library Associate Fellowship Program

• Medical Informatics Training at the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications

Support for Outreach Initiatives to Improve Access and Eliminate Health Disparities

• Regional Funding Opportunities through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine

• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

• AIDS Community Outreach Projects

• Outreach & Special Populations

Trans NIH Programs and Initiatives Supported by NLM

• NIH Roadmap Initiatives

• Biomedical Information Science and Technology (BISTI) Initiative

• NIH Bioengineering Consortium (BECON)

• Pharmacogenetics

• Other NIH Funding Sources

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