The IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries, a part of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program, provide funding for libraries and archives to test innovative practices and services. These grants support the implementation and evaluation of new tools, products, or organizational strategies. Projects should address common challenges in the library and archive fields and offer creative solutions with broad applicability. Proposals must demonstrate a clear understanding of current issues and present unique approaches that promise significant progress. The grants seek to fund projects with the potential for widespread impact and substantial innovation in library operations. Applications should focus on testing groundbreaking ideas that can be openly shared for the benefit of the library and archive community. Closing date for applications is Feb 15, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 280610
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SPARKS-LIBRARIES-FY16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | Feb 04, 2016 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 01, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 02, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible as an applicant for this 2016 Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries Program, you must:•be either a unit of State or local government or be a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;•be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and•qualify as one of the following: ◦a library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include public libraries, public elementary and secondary school libraries, college and university libraries, research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Research libraries must be under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian and be either generally recognized as possessing unique, scholarly research materials and services that are made available to the public, or able to demonstrate that such is the case when submitting an application to IMLS;◦a private library or other special library, but only if the State in which it is located determines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of Library Services and Technology (see 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165);◦an academic or administrative unit, such as a graduate school of library and information science that is part of an institution of higher education through which it would make application;◦a digital library, if it makes library materials publicly available and provides library services, including selection, organization, description, reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian;◦a library agency that is an official agency of a State or other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction;◦a library consortium that is a local, statewide, regional, interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities that provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of eligible libraries, as defined above, and information centers that work to improve the services delivered to the clientele of these libraries; or◦a library association that exists on a permanent basis; serves libraries or library professionals on a national, regional, State, or local level; and engages in activities designed to advance the well-being of libraries and the library profession. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries are a special funding opportunity within the IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. You may propose activities or approaches that involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for improvement in the ways libraries and archives serve their communities.Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad relevance to libraries and/or archives. A proposed project should test a specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan to make the findings widely and openly accessible.To maximize the public benefit from federal investments in these grants, the Sparks! program will fund only projects with the following characteristics:Broad Potential Impact—You should identify a specific problem or need that is relevant to many libraries and/or archives and propose a testable and measurable solution. Proposals must demonstrate a thorough understanding of current issues and practices in the project’s focus area and discuss its potential impact within libraries and/or archives. Proposed innovations should be widely adoptable or adaptable.Significant Innovation—The proposed solution to the identified problem must offer strong potential for non-incremental, significant advancement in the operation of libraries and/or archives. You must explain how the proposed activity differs from current practices or takes advantage of an unexplored opportunity, and the potential benefit to be gained by this innovation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/sparks-ignition-grants-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Mary Alice Ball
Senior Library Program Officer 202-653-4730 mball@imls.gov Tim Carrigan Sandra Toro Emily Reynolds Email:mball@imls.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Application deadline extended to 2/15/16. | Feb 04, 2016 | |
| Feb 04, 2016 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SPARKS-LIBRARIES-FY16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | Feb 04, 2016 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 01, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 02, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible as an applicant for this 2016 Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries Program, you must:•be either a unit of State or local government or be a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;•be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and•qualify as one of the following: ◦a library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include public libraries, public elementary and secondary school libraries, college and university libraries, research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Research libraries must be under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian and be either generally recognized as possessing unique, scholarly research materials and services that are made available to the public, or able to demonstrate that such is the case when submitting an application to IMLS;◦a private library or other special library, but only if the State in which it is located determines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of Library Services and Technology (see 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165);◦an academic or administrative unit, such as a graduate school of library and information science that is part of an institution of higher education through which it would make application;◦a digital library, if it makes library materials publicly available and provides library services, including selection, organization, description, reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian;◦a library agency that is an official agency of a State or other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction;◦a library consortium that is a local, statewide, regional, interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities that provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of eligible libraries, as defined above, and information centers that work to improve the services delivered to the clientele of these libraries; or◦a library association that exists on a permanent basis; serves libraries or library professionals on a national, regional, State, or local level; and engages in activities designed to advance the well-being of libraries and the library profession. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries are a special funding opportunity within the IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. You may propose activities or approaches that involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for improvement in the ways libraries and archives serve their communities.Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad relevance to libraries and/or archives. A proposed project should test a specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan to make the findings widely and openly accessible.To maximize the public benefit from federal investments in these grants, the Sparks! program will fund only projects with the following characteristics:Broad Potential Impact—You should identify a specific problem or need that is relevant to many libraries and/or archives and propose a testable and measurable solution. Proposals must demonstrate a thorough understanding of current issues and practices in the project’s focus area and discuss its potential impact within libraries and/or archives. Proposed innovations should be widely adoptable or adaptable.Significant Innovation—The proposed solution to the identified problem must offer strong potential for non-incremental, significant advancement in the operation of libraries and/or archives. You must explain how the proposed activity differs from current practices or takes advantage of an unexplored opportunity, and the potential benefit to be gained by this innovation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/sparks-ignition-grants-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Mary Alice Ball
Senior Library Program Officer 202-653-4730 mball@imls.gov Tim Carrigan Sandra Toro Emily Reynolds Email:mball@imls.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SPARKS-LIBRARIES-FY16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Arts Humanities |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 04, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 01, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 02, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $250,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible as an applicant for this 2016 Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries Program, you must: •be either a unit of State or local government or be a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code; •be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and •qualify as one of the following: ◦a library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a State agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include public libraries, public elementary and secondary school libraries, college and university libraries, research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Research libraries must be under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian and be either generally recognized as possessing unique, scholarly research materials and services that are made available to the public, or able to demonstrate that such is the case when submitting an application to IMLS; ◦a private library or other special library, but only if the State in which it is located determines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of Library Services and Technology (see 20 U.S.C. 9121-9165); ◦an academic or administrative unit, such as a graduate school of library and information science that is part of an institution of higher education through which it would make application; ◦a digital library, if it makes library materials publicly available and provides library services, including selection, organization, description, reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least one permanent professional staff librarian; ◦a library agency that is an official agency of a State or other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction; ◦a library consortium that is a local, statewide, regional, interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities that provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of eligible libraries, as defined above, and information centers that work to improve the services delivered to the clientele of these libraries; or ◦a library association that exists on a permanent basis; serves libraries or library professionals on a national, regional, State, or local level; and engages in activities designed to advance the well-being of libraries and the library profession. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries are a special funding opportunity within the IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. You may propose activities or approaches that involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for improvement in the ways libraries and archives serve their communities.
Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad relevance to libraries and/or archives. A proposed project should test a specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan to make the findings widely and openly accessible. To maximize the public benefit from federal investments in these grants, the Sparks! program will fund only projects with the following characteristics: Broad Potential Impact—You should identify a specific problem or need that is relevant to many libraries and/or archives and propose a testable and measurable solution. Proposals must demonstrate a thorough understanding of current issues and practices in the project’s focus area and discuss its potential impact within libraries and/or archives. Proposed innovations should be widely adoptable or adaptable. Significant Innovation—The proposed solution to the identified problem must offer strong potential for non-incremental, significant advancement in the operation of libraries and/or archives. You must explain how the proposed activity differs from current practices or takes advantage of an unexplored opportunity, and the potential benefit to be gained by this innovation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/sparks-ignition-grants-libraries |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Mary Alice Ball
Senior Library Program Officer 202-653-4730 mball@imls.gov Tim Carrigan Sandra Toro Emily Reynolds Email:mball@imls.gov |
Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Mary Alice Ball Senior Library Program Officer 202-653-4730 mball@imls.gov Tim Carrigan Sandra Toro Emily Reynolds Email: mball@imls.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.312 | SPARKS-LIBRARIES-FY16 | Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries | PKG00220186 | Dec 17, 2015 | Feb 15, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
280610 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
280610 Attachments-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
280610 Other-1.0.pdf
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