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<h1 style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">There’s Still Time for Fall Funding Opportunities: NNLM Region 5’s Environmental Health Outreach Awards and Technology Equity Awards!<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">The Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 5 (NNLM Region 5), under cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Library of Medicine
(NLM), is pleased to announce we’ve extended the deadline to submit your Letter of Intent to apply for our two fall funding awards.
<b>The new deadline to submit Letters of Intent for either award is October 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.</b> Organizations in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States are eligible to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">NNLM Region 5’s
<b>Environmental Health Outreach Awards</b> are designed to address environmental health issues in underserved communities through education and creative community responses to improve health equity.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">A minimum of three awards with a maximum fixed price of $5,000 each will be funded. To see the full Environmental Health Equity Outreach Award, including the eligibility criteria, funding period
and application instructions, please see this </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/nnlm-region-5-environmental-health-outreach-award/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NNLM Region 5 blog post.</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">NNLM Region 5’s <b>Technology Equity Awards</b> are</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> designed to upgrade, replace or adopt hardware or software technologies that will
increase access to health information, and/or strengthen communications and connectivity for health.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">A minimum of six awards with a maximum fixed price of $5,000 each will be funded.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To see the full Technology Equity Award, including the eligibility criteria, funding period and application instructions, please see this
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/nnlm-region-5-technology-equity-award/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NNLM Region 5 blog post.</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">Although NNLM members may apply for either or both awards, only one award will be made per successful applicant. Letters of Intent are due by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, October 1, 2021. Applications
submitted by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, October 15, 2021 will receive first consideration.
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<p style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">Questions? Your NNLM Region 5 staff is here to help. Please reach out to Michele Spatz, NNLM Region 5 Outreach and Engagement Coordinator at:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:mspatz@uw.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mspatz@uw.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michele Spatz, MLS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Outreach and Engagement Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), Region 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">(AK,CA,HI,NV,OR,WA and U.S. Associated Territories and Freely Associated States)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Washington <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seattle, WA 98195<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: mspatz@uw.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 206-543-8262 <o:p></o:p></p>
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