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<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">We’re pleased to share 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), announces a second opportunity to apply for its Collection Equity funding opportunity. We received and funded 15 incredible proposals with our first announcement and are excited to offer this additional Collection Equity
Award opportunity. 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>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">The funding opportunity is designed to support the Network of the National Library of Medicine’s mission
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#666666">to </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="color:#666666;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Providing U.S. researchers, health professionals, public health workforce, educators, and the public with equal access to biomedical
and health information resources and data.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">NNLM Region 5’s
<b>Collection Equity Awards</b> are designed to help build collections that are reflective of voices of the communities served which may be revealed through different genres such as graphic medicine, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, Young Adult, manuscripts (published
and unpublished), oral histories and film. Expanding diverse voices in libraries (all types), public health agencies, academic programs, or community organizations ensure collection equity and supports health literacy by illuminating health issues either common,
or conversely, unique to under-resourced populations in the region. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#353432">A minimum of six awards of $1,500 each will be funded. Applications submitted by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, December 10, 2021 will receive first consideration.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To see the full Collection Equity Award, including the eligibility criteria, funding period, application instructions, and to download the application, please see this
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/back-by-popular-demand-collection-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">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email: mspatz@uw.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
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