EBSCO Information Services seeks applications for 2019 Solar grant program - January 29, 2019
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the 2019 EBSCO Solar grant program to help libraries in their sustainability efforts. As part of the EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO is soliciting grant applications to give libraries the opportunity to 'go green' by funding solar installations. EBSCO will be… Read More
US federal government shutdown disappoints American Chemical Society - December 27, 2018
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is disappointed that the administration and Congress were unable to come to a bipartisan agreement on a funding bill for 2019, forcing a partial shutdown of government operations. ACS has called on both parties to set aside partisan differences and work… Read More
Wolters Kluwer, Health and ACHNE partner to advance community and public health research by nurse educators - December 14, 2018
Wolters Kluwer, Health will be awarding a grant together with the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) to support community and public health educational research. The grant, to be awarded to a nurse educator, comes at a time when healthcare is increasingly taking place outside… Read More
American Institute of Physics receives $650,000 grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to digitise rare books - December 3, 2018
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has received a three-year, $646,697 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to make a unique collection of rare books in the physical sciences universally accessible. The grant will enable AIP's Niels Bohr Library & Archives to provide global,… Read More
OCLC awarded IMLS funds to expand its National Leadership Grant project - November 29, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has received a $249,710 award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand its National Leadership Grant project, Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces, to more small and rural public libraries across the US. … Read More
OCLC awarded IMLS grant to help public libraries, partners respond to opioid epidemic - October 3, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has been awarded a $249,714 National Leadership Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to collect and share knowledge and resources to support public libraries and their community partners address the opioid crisis. … Read More
U.S. Congress funds another $5 million appropriation for Open Textbook Pilot - October 1, 2018
The U.S. Congress recently reaffirmed the national role of ‘open’ in the path to college affordability by renewing the $5 million federal Open Textbook Pilot for another year. Contained in the broader Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019, the program answers… Read More
JMU Libraries in partnership with ARL receives IMLS national forum grant - September 21, 2018
James Madison University (JMU) Libraries, in partnership with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has been awarded $89,000 by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to convene a national forum of experts and stakeholders to… Read More
Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science surpasses half-million Euro funding mark - August 15, 2018
Six months past an initial funding appeal, the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) has surpassed a key half-million Euro milestone having received pledges for funding totalling 680,700 Euros. The initiative, which intends to provide a framework for libraries, policymakers and other stakeholders to collectively fund and stabilise… Read More
Nature Research and Yakult launch new, multi-year competitive grant programme to support human microbiota research - July 26, 2018
A growing body of evidence has emerged in the last decade supporting the major role the human microbiota plays in health and disease. To encourage the development of this promising field, Nature Research and Yakult have launched a new, multi-year competitive grant programme for research into… Read More
