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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; margin: 6.66667px 0px 13.3333px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Network
of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/region5" target="_blank" id="OWAd602740c-2e37-95c8-daa4-400d476bd46a" class="Hyperlink SCXW67708755 BCX0 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">Region
5</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (AK, WA, OR, NV, CA, HI, and the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States
in the Pacific) has two open funding opportunities. Funded projects <b>improve access to health information</b>, furthering the
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.nnlm.gov/about/about-nnlm" target="_blank" id="OWAfb6710b2-4c8b-a00a-92da-2ee9886438c4" class="Hyperlink SCXW67708755 BCX0 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">mission
of the NNLM</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Pending budget availability, funding opportunities include: </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.nnlm.gov/funding/rfa/technology-improvement-award-Y4" target="_blank" id="OWAba6fc391-92a6-ae01-d61e-0eac24d84c54" class="Hyperlink SCXW67708755 BCX0 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">Technology
Improvement Award</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, to increase access to technology </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4 awards, $5,000 each </span></p>
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& Engagement Award</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, for programming or special projects </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1 award, $25,000 </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">December 13, 2023: Request for Applications/ Notice of Funding Opportunities posted to
NNLM.gov </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">April 2, 2024: Applications due </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">June 1, 2024: Funded projects begin </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">April 2025: Final reports due for funded projects </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NNLM provides a
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://news.nnlm.gov/region_5/year4funding-starthere/" target="_blank" id="OWAcf6d50aa-e2fe-9c45-5eef-111b15ac4fe3" class="Hyperlink SCXW67708755 BCX0 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">toolkit,
course, and FAQs</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to support your application. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Browse
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://www.nnlm.gov/funding/current?combine=&state_province_id=All®ion_8%5B5%5D=5&page=0" target="_blank" id="OWA4903baa4-b5c5-00df-0d7d-5a2bf5e15cc5" class="Hyperlink SCXW67708755 BCX0 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">Previously
Funded Awards</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to get to know the types of projects funded by Region 5 and generate ideas for your application.
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Region 5 staff are available to answer questions. Contact Emily Hamstra, Assistant Director
(</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="mailto:ehamstra@uw.edu" target="_blank" id="OWA58692587-d4c9-4c20-7187-7c7e54054527" class="Hyperlink SCXW67708755 BCX0 OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">ehamstra@uw.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.4px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">). </span></p>
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