Announcing New Funding Opportunities

The NN/LM PNR is pleased to request proposals for a new round of funding opportunities! NNLM PNR member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are eligible to apply. If your organization is not currently a member, it’s easy to join! Proposals submitted by August 15, 2018 will receive fullest consideration. If you plan to submit a proposal, we need a brief statement of intent no later than July 25. Please submit your statement of intent to apply to nnlm@uw.edu. Here are brief descriptions and links to detailed information about current funding opportunities: Community Health Outreach Award, two awards up to $12,000 each. This award is to support outreach partnership projects with aims to improve access and use of quality online health information for informed decisions about health in underserved communities. Possible ideas for projects include: 1) Developing an actionable and sustainable plan with library specific offerings to address community health priorities; 2) Symposia, or educational events for health care providers or librarians about health literacy and the skills to identify, access, retrieve, evaluate, and use relevant electronic health information resources for patient and consumer health education; 3) Train-the-trainer projects that enhance the skills of library/organization staff and other consumer health information intermediaries to train a target population on locating and evaluating health information; 4) Acquiring and impleme...
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