Grant aims to reduce health disparities by providing clear, evidence-based health info via IT and libraries to vulnerable communities and healthcare providers.
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Due Dates: April 25, 2025 (Letter of Intent) | May 25, 2025 (Application) | April 24, 2026 (Letter of Intent) | May 25, 2026 (Application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $200,000/year in direct costs for up to 3 years; actual needs must be justified; F&A costs per institutional rate.
Summary: Supports development or enhancement of health information resources or services for populations experiencing health disparities and their healthcare providers, leveraging IT and medical/health libraries.
Key Information: Projects must target health disparity populations and include a medical or health library partner; clinical trials are not allowed.
This opportunity from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at NIH funds resource projects that provide accurate, useful, usable, and understandable health information to populations experiencing health disparities and their healthcare providers. The program aims to reduce health disparities by supporting the development, deployment, or enhancement of information resources or services—especially those leveraging information technology and medical or health libraries.
Projects should be scalable, sustainable, and generalizable, with a strong user-centered design and evaluation component. The intended impact is to improve health decision-making, well-being, and health equity for underserved or vulnerable communities.