Last week there was a item from Valerie Florance on libraries having a role in projects funded by NIH. <http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=3125 >. This week she provides an example of a grant announcement for such a project. /ch

The MCR has announced the availability of funding through its Continuity of Health Information Award. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/ If you’ve started writing your proposal or are considering writing a proposal, attend a technical session to gain clarification of what is expected and consults on your project ideas. Claire Hamasu will review the request for proposal (RFP) explaining the different sections. You’ll then have the opportunity to describe your project to a liaison and receive feedback on what you should emphasize and other issues you may need to consider, and get advice on how to make your proposal fundable.

No registration is required. To attend you’ll need an Internet connection and a telephone. Sessions will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nnlmmcr. Sign in as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions will then follow about the phone connection. /ch

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 1:30 pm MT, 2:30 pm CT

Friday, August 28, 2009 - 1:30 pm MT, 2:30 pm CT

From NLM:
Dear Colleagues, I’m writing to provide you with a reminder that NIH continues to issue new grant solicitations that could be the basis of fruitful collaborations between libraries and researchers or community-based organizations interested in biomedical research. While these grant programs are seldom aimed specifically at libraries, they offer opportunities for collaboration with research groups and for new partnerships within your community that could bring new funds and new activities to you. For example, NIH funding opportunity announcements will be coming in the next few months for grants to support building infrastructure for community research and to promote research on behavioral and social aspects of health and illness. If you have not already registered for delivery of the weekly NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts that is sent by email each Friday, you sign up at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm. Also, new funding opportunities that will be published in the NIH Guide are posted on the Guide website as soon as they are ready, in the New Announcements this Week section at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm. This can give you a head start of a few days on the Friday mailing.
Valerie Florance, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director, NLM Extramural Programs
Rockledge 1, Suite 301
6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
phone: 301.496-4621 fax: 301.402.2952
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep NLM/NIH/DHHS

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius unveiled a new easy to use feature on Grants.gov http://grants.gov/ to help users find and apply for The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant opportunities. Grants.gov contains information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs. The launch of this Recovery Act feature on the homepage of Grants.gov will direct users to Recovery Act opportunities, other Recovery Act resources, upcoming Webinars and links to http://www.whitehouse.gov/recovery and http://www.recovery.gov [scb]

The MCR has announced the availability of funding through its Continuity of Health Information Award. If you’ve started writing your proposal or are considering writing a proposal, attend a technical session to gain clarification of what is expected and consults on your project ideas. Claire Hamasu will review the request for proposal (RFP) explaining the different sections. You’ll then have the opportunity to describe your project to a liaison and receive feedback on what you should emphasize and other issues you may need to consider, and get advice on how to make your proposal fundable.

No registration is required. To attend you’ll need an Internet connection and a telephone. Sessions will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nnlmmcr. Sign in as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions will then follow about the phone connection. /ch

August Sessions (Additional sessions are being planned):

Wednesday Aug 5 - 2pm MT, 3pm CT

Tuesday Aug 11 - 3pm MT, 4pm CT

The MCR has announced the availability of funding through its Continuity of Health Information Award. If you’ve started writing your proposal or are considering writing a proposal, technical sessions will start next week to provide clarification of what is expected and consults on your project ideas. Claire Hamasu will review the request for proposal (RFP) explaining the different sections. You’ll then have the opportunity to describe your project and receive feedback on what you should emphasize and other issues you may need to consider, and get advice on how to make your proposal fundable.

No registration is required. To attend you’ll need an Internet connection and a telephone. Sessions will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nnlmmcr. Sign in as a guest with your first and last names. Instructions will then follow about the phone connection. Additional sessions will be held in August. /ch

The schedule for July is:

Tuesday July 28 2pm MT, 3pm CT

Thursday July 30 2:30 pm MT, 3:30 pm CT

Friday July 31 2pm MT, 3pm CT

Are you a hospital librarian whose access to information resources and Web 2.0 services is blocked by institutional firewalls and filters? If so, funding is available to help you! MCR will provide a one year subsidy to pay for mobile broadband service, offered by the major cell phone networks, to hospital librarians that are blocked from information access, distance education, and committee activites due to their institution’s firewalls and filters.

For more information, download and complete the application (MS Word format). Deadline for applications is August 14, 2009. For questions, please contact Sharon Dennis, MCR Technology Coordinator, at sdennis@lib.med.utah.edu. [SD]

MCR’s own stimulus funding is available again. We are now accepting applications for projects focussed on health information literacy, hospital library advocacy, or emergency planning.

Network members in the MidContinental Region are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 and take up to 18 months to complete the project. Deadline for proposals is December 31, 2009. We expect to fund approximately 8 projects. For the Continuity of Health Information Request for Proposal go to http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/Continuity.html

We will review applications as they are received and awards will be announced as they are approved. Do not wait till December to apply; we may have run out of funds by that time. RML liaisons are ready to answer your questions. Technical sessions will be scheduled starting in July. During these sessions the request for proposal will be reviewed, questions on writing proposals will be answered, and advice provided on your project ideas. /ch

Jenny Jones is giving away funding to individuals to help their community. The funding amount is for up to $25,000. For more information and a link to a very easy to fill out application form, see http://www.jennysheroes.com/index.shtml [scb]

The Health Information Technology Extension Program draft description of the regional centers program, required by the Title XIII in Division A of the Recovery Act, was published in the May 28, 2009 Federal Register (FR). The direct URL to the as-published (PDF) version is: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12419.pdf

This is a draft description of the program for establishing regional centers to assist providers seeking to adopt and become meaningful users of health information technology. The draft most frequently refers electronic health records. The draft proposes to favor bidders that involve multi-stakeholder collaborations. AHECs and “libraries and information centers with health professional and community outreach programs” are specifically mentioned among the list of potentially relevant stakeholders. Deadline for comments are 5 p.m on June 11, 2009. /ch