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Institute of Museum and Library Services - National Leadership Grants for Libraries

Federal Agency/Bureau
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Program Name
National Leadership Grants for Libraries
Authorizing Legislation

20 U.S.C. § 9101 et seq.; in particular, § 9162 (National leadership grants)

Program Overview

The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment.

CFDA

45.312

Type of Funding

Discretionary

Link to application site, NOFO, FOA, or Grants.gov (if different from program website above)
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) or Federal Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Type

Modification

Important Dates (if applicable)

Preliminary Proposals: Submit through Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on September 21, 2022
Invited Full Proposals: Submit through Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on March 17, 2023

FY2023 Appropriations Amount

Total Amount: $15,287,000

Amount Available Towards Broadband (if specified):

Matching Requirement

Yes. 

If yes, what is the matching requirement: Requests of more than $249,999 in IMLS funds for Implementation projects require at least 1:1 cost share from non-federal sources.

Complementary Federal Funding Option

Not Applicable

Broadband-related Program Purpose/Eligible Expenditures
If "Other", Program Purpose(s)

Research, evaluation, telehealth

Speed/Technical Requirement for Broadband Infrastructure

Not Applicable

If "Other", Eligible Recipient(s)

School districts

Criteria for Eligible Recipients

Eligibility requirements available at: https://imls.gov/sites/default/files/2022-07/fy23-ols-nlgl-nofo.pdf, page 8.

Grant Beneficiaries (if different from eligible recipients)

Library user community

Programmatic Resources
Reporting Requirements

Terms and Conditions (includes reporting requirements) - https://www.imls.gov/grants/manage-your-grant/grant-administration

Publicly-available programmatic data

Search Awarded Grants Database - https://imls.gov/grants/awarded-grants
Other data from the IMLS home page: imls.gov

Contact Information

See our staff directory at https://www.imls.gov/contact/staff-directory, or 202-653-4700

Additional Information

Not Applicable

Updated

March 2023

Funding Guide
IMLS_NLG.pdf (499.41 KB)