This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
For awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021) please visit Past Funded Projects.
To browse our open funding opportunities please visit Funding Opportunities.
| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date Sort ascending | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y5 Express Hope and Healing: A Monthly Book Series on Hope and Positive Psychology | DANIEL BOONE REGIONAL LIBRARY | The Daniel Boone Regional Library (DBRL) proposes a six-month intergenerational program series from October 2025 through February 2026. This program will use a range of readings, including both fiction and nonfiction, to facilitate conversations around hope, positive psychology, and personal connections as tools for mental and emotional well-being for the public and library staff. We will kick off the programming with an event for library staff, to introduce the initiative and NNLM resources (including the Book Club) and to invite them to participate by reading the books and… | |||
| Y5 What do you do when an emergency strikes? Understanding how to act in high-stress situations. | University of North Texas Health Science Center - School of Public Health | This project includes the development of interactive training modules for Adult Basic Education students as well as Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Trusted Messengers (community leaders with the capacity to influence health in their roles, which may include a broad range of human service providers). The modules will focus on learning about handling emergencies (e.g., 911 calls) and role-play situations to prepare them for high-stress and catastrophic situations. In addition, students will understand when to use urgent care, emergency care, ambulance services, telehealth, 911,… | |||
| Y5 Health Outreach Healthy Choices, Healthy Community: Empowering and Engaging Wyandotte County through Artistic Expression | Unified Government of Wyandotte County | The ''Healthy Choices, Healthy Community: Empowering and Engaging Wyandotte County through Artistic Expression" project seeks a $24,888 grant to engage the local community in education regarding prevention and positive health behaviors through an art contest to create a 2026 health department calendar. In partnership with the local public library system, the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (KCKPL), the project will distribute art kits and materials to participants, inviting them to submit artwork inspired by themes of health promotion, such as healthy nutrition,… | |||
| Y5 Outreach We are One - Somos Uno | Alliance for Progress | The “We are One”-“Somos Uno” project will address health literacy and access in the community to resources in the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) databases in the greater Dallas-Ft. Worth area. The “We are One”-“Somos Uno” project will leverage the Alliance for Progress current health education outreach efforts and our trusted position in the community to promote the NLM databases and other trustable web resources. Project staff will work closely with NNLM Region 3 to more meaningfully integrate NLM resources and will participate in relevant NNLM trainings to… | |||
| Friendship Bench: Community-Based Mental Health Support and Literacy in Lowndes County, Mississippi | Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System - Columbus-Lowndes Public Library | (Updated: 8/28/25) The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System proposes to implement the Friendship Bench Initiative, a community-driven model designed to address mental health needs, reduce stigma, and improve health literacy in Lowndes County, Mississippi. By training trusted senior volunteers to provide peer counseling at designated benches in public spaces, the project will integrate National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources—including MedlinePlus, PubMed, NNLM Reading Club, and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)—… |