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Bridges Cost Money: Finding Grant Opportunities

Bridges Cost Money: Finding Grant Opportunities. Kate Flewelling , MLIS Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). Mission

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Bridges Cost Money: Finding Grant Opportunities

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  1. Bridges Cost Money: Finding Grant Opportunities Kate Flewelling, MLIS Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region

  2. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) • Mission • Provide health professionals and the general public with equal access to biomedical information • Coordinated by the National Library of Medicine • 8 Regional Offices • Support Network members to achieve NN/LM mission • 5-year contracts

  3. Who can become Network Members? • Any library, information center or other organization providing health information • Membership is free! • Resource Libraries • Other Libraries • Academic, community college, public, hospital, K-12 • Community and Faith-Based Organizations • Public Health Departments • Health Organizations (such as Critical Access Hospitals!)

  4. Benefits of Membership Training and educational opportunities Handouts on Materials Networking opportunities Funding opportunities If your organization provides health information services become a member at: http://nnlm.gov

  5. National Library of Medicine Part of the National Institutes of Health, NLM is the provider of PubMed.gov, MedlinePlus.gov, and many other health information resources http://www.nlm.nih.gov

  6. Ten Common Mistakes

  7. Common Mistakes Poor writing No project planning Inaccurate costs Typos Buzzwords Budget ≠ Narrative Last minute writing Assuming reviewers are experts Ignoring instructions Idea ≠ purpose of award

  8. Locating Funding

  9. The “Lingo” RFP: Request for Proposals RFA: Request for Applications CFA: Call for Applications Letter of intent Letter of application

  10. “Love” Connection • What types of projects is the funder interested in? • Look for buzzwords or phrases: • Program Areas • Initiatives • Scope

  11. Who are the Funders? • Government (Federal, State and Local) • Foundations • Private Foundations • Corporate Foundations • Community Foundations • Associations • Small Businesses

  12. Finding the Funders • Government Funding • National Network of Libraries of Medicine • National Library of Medicine • Grants.gov • Foundation Center • Foundations and corporate giving • Network of local “cooperating collections”

  13. National Network of Libraries of Medicinennlm.gov

  14. What we fund in Middle Atlantic Region Outreach to Consumers Outreach to Health Professionals Technology Medical Library Projects Professional Development (on-going) Exhibits (on-going) Instruction (on-going)

  15. National Library of Medicinehttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/grants.html Research Outreach Training/Career Development

  16. Outreach Projects • HIV/AIDS Community Information Outreach • Disaster Information Collaboration

  17. Grants.gov Search by: Keyword Category Agency Eligibility Note: not all federal funding is “grants”—subscribe to agency of interest’s list serv/feeds for other opportunities.

  18. Foundation Centerhttp://foundationcenter.org/ • Search for foundations by name and state • See tax documents • http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/ • Advice for Grant Seekers • Proposal Writing Short Course: http://bit.ly/19NkQXy • Cooperating Collections • 470 nationwide • Access to Foundation Directory Online and other resources • Staffed

  19. Cooperating Collectionshttp://foundationcenter.org/fin/

  20. Listings of Funding Sources National Network of Libraries of Medicine regional notices Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC): http://nnlm.gov/bhic/ Rural Assistance Center: http://www.raconline.org/ Partners in Information Access: http://phpartners.org/ State extensions

  21. Finding funding tips • Pick funders that fund projects/institutions like yours. • Check: • Program areas • Requirements • Due dates • Eligibility • Use the Foundation Center’s prospect worksheets to evaluate potential funders: http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/wrksheet/ • Subscribe to potential funders’ list servs/feeds to hear about funding opportunities.

  22. QUESTIONS? Image source: Flickr user Luis Mazier http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazemet/

  23. Thank You! • Kate Flewelling, MLIS • National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region • http://nnlm.gov/mar/ • flewkate@pitt.edu This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-Cwith the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.

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