The Department of Education is offering the National Leadership Grants for Libraries to support projects addressing key challenges and opportunities in the library and archive fields. Proposals should aim to advance theory and practice, leading to the development of new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances with wide impact. The projects funded by this grant are expected to produce outcomes that can be utilized, adapted, scaled, or replicated to maximize the benefits of federal investment. Closing date: Apr 09, 2017
Opportunity ID: 290017
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NLG-LIBRARIES-FY17-2 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Leadership 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: | 12 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 09, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2017 The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program is a two phase process. In the first phase, all applicants must submit a two page preliminary proposal. Grants.gov will accept preliminary proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017. Those applicants whose preliminary proposals are the most promising and best aligned with the IMLS’s priorities will be invited to submit full proposals in the second phase of the process. Grants.gov will accept invited, full proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2017. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 09, 2017 The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program is a two phase process. In the first phase, all applicants must submit a two page preliminary proposal. Grants.gov will accept preliminary proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017. Those applicants whose preliminary proposals are the most promising and best aligned with the IMLS’s priorities will be invited to submit full proposals in the second phase of the process. Grants.gov will accept invited, full proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2017. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,700,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible for National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program, you must: be either a unit of State or local government or 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, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; 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 (including community 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; Public elementary and secondary school libraries; 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 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. Native American tribal organizations may apply if they otherwise meet the above eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archive fields and that have the potential to advance theory and practice. Successful proposals will generate results such as new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer,
202-653-4639, tcarrigan@imls.gov; Sarah Fuller, Program Officer, Sandra Toro, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Trevor Owens, PhD, Supervisory Senior Program Officer, James Neal, Senior Program Officer, Emily Reynolds, Program Officer, Ashley Sands, Senior Program Officer, Email:tjowens@imls.gov |
Version History
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DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NLG-LIBRARIES-FY17-2 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Leadership 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: | 12 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 09, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2017 The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program is a two phase process. In the first phase, all applicants must submit a two page preliminary proposal. Grants.gov will accept preliminary proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017. Those applicants whose preliminary proposals are the most promising and best aligned with the IMLS’s priorities will be invited to submit full proposals in the second phase of the process. Grants.gov will accept invited, full proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2017. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 09, 2017 The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program is a two phase process. In the first phase, all applicants must submit a two page preliminary proposal. Grants.gov will accept preliminary proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017. Those applicants whose preliminary proposals are the most promising and best aligned with the IMLS’s priorities will be invited to submit full proposals in the second phase of the process. Grants.gov will accept invited, full proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2017. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,700,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible for National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program, you must: be either a unit of State or local government or 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, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; 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 (including community 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; Public elementary and secondary school libraries; 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 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. Native American tribal organizations may apply if they otherwise meet the above eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archive fields and that have the potential to advance theory and practice. Successful proposals will generate results such as new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer,
202-653-4639, tcarrigan@imls.gov; Sarah Fuller, Program Officer, Sandra Toro, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Trevor Owens, PhD, Supervisory Senior Program Officer, James Neal, Senior Program Officer, Emily Reynolds, Program Officer, Ashley Sands, Senior Program Officer, Email:tjowens@imls.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NLG-LIBRARIES-FY17-2 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Leadership 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: | 12 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 09, 2017 The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program is a two phase process. In the first phase, all applicants must submit a two page preliminary proposal. Grants.gov will accept preliminary proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017. Those applicants whose preliminary proposals are the most promising and best aligned with the IMLS’s priorities will be invited to submit full proposals in the second phase of the process. Grants.gov will accept invited, full proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2017. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,700,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible for National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program, you must: be either a unit of State or local government or 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, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; 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 (including community 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; Public elementary and secondary school libraries; 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 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. Native American tribal organizations may apply if they otherwise meet the above eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archive fields and that have the potential to advance theory and practice. Successful proposals will generate results such as new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer,
202-653-4639, tcarrigan@imls.gov; Sarah Fuller, Program Officer, Sandra Toro, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Trevor Owens, PhD, Supervisory Senior Program Officer, James Neal, Senior Program Officer, Emily Reynolds, Program Officer, Ashley Sands, Senior Program Officer, Email:tjowens@imls.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NLG-LIBRARIES-FY17-2 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | National Leadership 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: | 12 |
| Assistance Listings: | 45.312 — National Leadership Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2017 The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program is a two phase process. In the first phase, all applicants must submit a two page preliminary proposal. Grants.gov will accept preliminary proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 1, 2017. Those applicants whose preliminary proposals are the most promising and best aligned with the IMLS’s priorities will be invited to submit full proposals in the second phase of the process. Grants.gov will accept invited, full proposal applications through 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on June 9, 2017. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 09, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $5,700,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $25,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | To be eligible for National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program, you must: be either a unit of State or local government or 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, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; 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 (including community 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; Public elementary and secondary school libraries; 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 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. Native American tribal organizations may apply if they otherwise meet the above eligibility requirements. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| Description: | National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG) support projects that address significant challenges and opportunities facing the library and archive fields and that have the potential to advance theory and practice. Successful proposals will generate results such as new tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances that will be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer,
202-653-4639, tcarrigan@imls.gov; Sarah Fuller, Program Officer, Sandra Toro, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Trevor Owens, PhD, Supervisory Senior Program Officer, James Neal, Senior Program Officer, Emily Reynolds, Program Officer, Ashley Sands, Senior Program Officer, Email:tjowens@imls.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Tim Carrigan, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4639, tcarrigan@imls.gov; Sarah Fuller, Program Officer, Sandra Toro, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Trevor Owens, PhD, Supervisory Senior Program Officer, James Neal, Senior Program Officer, Emily Reynolds, Program Officer, Ashley Sands, Senior Program Officer, Email: tjowens@imls.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.312 | NLG-LIBRARIES-FY17-2 | National Leadership Grants for Libraries | PKG00229168 | Nov 09, 2016 | Aug 09, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
290017 SF424_Short_1_1-1.1.pdf
290017 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
290017 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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