It is a lot easier to get something done when you have the resources to do it! Listed below are some funding opportunities available to you. You can also see what others have done by going to our projects webpage.

NN/LM PSR Funding

• Major Outreach Subcontract Awards - to provide funding support to encourage partnerships and community-focused activities with the goal of enhancing access to health information for health professionals and/or members of the public.
• Express Outreach Awards - to support network member projects to improve information access for health professionals and the public. Applications will be accepted continuously.
• Broadband Modem Subsidy Available - PSR 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 28, 2009.
• MedlinePlus Go Local - provides funding to establish new Go Local services in California, Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. For California applicants, priority will be given to proposals that target California's most populous counties; these include Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento, Contra Costa, and Fresno counties. Prospective applicants are encouraged to review the Project Proposal Guidelines and to contact the Associate Director, Heidi Sandstrom.
• Library Improvement Program - to provide one-time funding support for hospital libraries in order to become participating members in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, including onsite access to NLM resources and participating as a partner in interlibrary loan.
• Internet Connectivity - to support the improvement of network members' connections to the Internet. Included is funding to purchase and install computer equipment for a single work station and facilitate connection to the Internet. Internet connectivity support and training for inner city, rural, tribal and other community-based healthcare organizations will also be supported with this funding. For more information, please contact Kay Deeney, Education Coordinator.

NLM Funding

NLM Grants and Funding funds projects in areas defined by NLM as important to its mission.

• NLM Applied Informatics Grants
• NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research
• Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health
• AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects
• NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics

Other Funding

• Institute of Museum and Library Services Grants (IMLS) - the IMLS is an independent Federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities.
• LSTA Funding - from the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) of 1996
  • Arizona - Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records Agency
  • California - California State Library
  • Hawaii - Hawaii State Public Library System
  • Nevada - Nevada State Library & Archives
• Grants.gov - allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies
• GrantsNet - from the US Department of Health and Human Services
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) - the CFDA gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals
• Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) - CRISP is a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects, maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health
• Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) - FedBizOpps is the single government point-of-entry for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Replaces the Commerce Business Daily (CBD)

For funding assistance please call us at (800)338-7657 or (310)825-1200, or email us at psr-nnlm@library.ucla.edu.