Medical Library Assistance

Who Can Apply

Functional Categories:
Educational Equipment and Resources
General Research and Evaluation
Libraries and Technical Information Services
Education and Training
Libraries, Information and Education Services
Program Development

Applicants:
State (Includes District Of Columbia; Includes Institutions Of Higher Education And Hospitals)
Local (Excludes Institutions Of Higher Education And Hospitals)
Public Nonprofit Institution/Organization (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals)
Private Nonprofit Institution/Organization (Includes Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals)
Individual/Family
Specialized Group (Health Professional, Student, Veteran)

Applicant Eligibility:
RESOURCE GRANT PROGRAMS: The purpose of NLM's resource grant programs is to support the use of computers and networks to optimize the management of health related information. Several types of resource grants are available, including Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics grants; Planning Grants for Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS; Grants for Scholarly Works to support preparation of books in the history and philosophy of biomedicine, bioethics, and public policy areas of importance to health professionals and biomedical scientists. The purpose, restrictions, funding periods and award limits vary for these grant programs. All resource grants provide support for direct costs only. Knowledge grants provide $150,000 per year for up to 3 years. Awards for IAIMS planning are limited to $150,000 per year for 1 or 2 years. Scholarly Works grants are limited to $50,000 annually for one, two or three years. Details of NLM's resource grant programs are provided on the agency's web site at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/Resource.html.

Beneficiaries:
Quasi-public non-profit organization
Private non-profit institution/organization
Public nonprofit institution/organization
Health Professional
Student/Trainee
Scientist/Researchers
U.S. Citizen
School
Education (13+)

Beneficiary Eligibility:
ELIGIBILITY: Research Grants are available to public or private, domestic or foreign, for profit or not-for profit institutions or organizations with research capabilities in biomedical informatics, bioinformatics, computer sciences, information sciences and related disciplines. Training Grants may be made to nonfederal public and nonprofit private institutions. Fellowships may be awarded to individuals at the pre-doctoral level. With the exception of NIH Pathway to Independence awards, trainees or fellows must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. RESOURCE grants (IAIMS,Knowledge Management, Scholarly Works) are open to any U.S. public or private nonprofit health-related institution or organization. For Scholarly Works grants, an appropriate public or private nonprofit institution of higher education may apply in behalf of the principal investigator on the project, or an individual unaffiliated with an academic organization may apply directly. SBIR and STTR grants can be awarded only to domestic small businesses(entities that are independently owned and operated for profit, are not dominant in the field in which research is proposed, and have no more than 500 employees). To be eligible for funding, a grant application must be approved for scientific merit and program relevance by a scientific review group and a national advisory council.

Credentials/Documentation:
Cost allowability will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular A-87 for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments, OMB Circular A-21 for Educational Institutions and for For-profit organizations, costs will be determined in accordance with 48 CFR Subpart 31.2 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Nonprofit institutions cost principals are outlined under OMB Circular A-122 and for Hospitals, 45 CFR Part 74, Appendix E. These cost principals are codified under 45 CFR 74.27 and 92.22. Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations are outlined in OMB Circular A-110. Documentation providing NIH grants policy and guidance can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm The Division of Extramural Programs, NLM provides program specific grant information at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep.