Immersive Workshop Funding Application 2017-2019

Description of the Award

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region (NNLM MCR), under a cooperative agreement grant with the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), announces the availability of funding through its Immersive Workshop funding in support of the NNLM mission.

The Immersive Workshop funding seeks to support multi-day professional development events that train participants to improve health information access. The event must be interprofessional and include librarians as one of the professions. The workshop activities should achieve the following:

Increase the awareness of how different professionals can contribute to addressing a health information access challenge.
Increase knowledge and skills in a significant area of health information access.
Enable workshop participants to immediately implement the content of the workshop
Enable workshop participants to be change agents within their institution.

Award recipients will have up to two years to plan and host this event. The event must be held by April 30, 2019.

This funding specifically meets the Aim of the 2016-2021 cooperative agreement with NLM--Implement a process for announcing, reviewing, and making sub-awards to regional Network members to help achieve outreach, education, and technology goals.

Eligibility:

To receive funding the library must be an NNLM MCR member. Membership may be confirmed by searching the NNLM Member Directory. If you’re not a member, sign up today, it’s free.
The event must take place within the MidContinental Region (CO, KS, MO, NE, UT, WY)

Amount:
The NNLM MCR will support workshops with up to $14,000. The amount and number of awards will be based on upcoming funding.

Period of Performance:
The project performance period will be May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2019. The professional development event must be held by April 30, 2019.

Evaluation of Proposal
All proposals are reviewed by select NNLM MCR staff and/or Network members. If the reviewers have questions about your proposal it may be returned for clarification and revision.

Award Contact: Robyn Woods at robynwoods@creighton.edu or (402) 280-4156.

1. Event Title *This question is required.

2. Event Description Summary *This question is required.

3. Please select the goals that apply to this workshop proposal: *This question is required.

Serve as a primary source for reliable and authenticated content.
Further training in the use of medical information resources.
Strengthen communications and connectivity for health, i.e. infrastructure.
Conduct and support basic and applied research to identify the need for,access to, evaluation of, and use of health information resources and systems.
Reduce and eliminate health disparities among minority and other underserved populations.

4. Name of library or institution submitting proposal: *This question is required.

5. Institutional Tax ID *This question is required.

6. Primary contact's name, email, mailing address, and phone number(s): *This question is required.

7. Amount being requested. *This question is required.

8. List any other funding received for this workshop (or note "none"). *This question is required.

9. Target Audience: For each audience category, list an estimate of how many you expect to attend and how you will reach this estimate. Include how the program will benefit the target audience.
*This question is required.

10. Evidence of need for the project: Explain the need for the event, cite any needs assessments (formal or otherwise), and any relevant statistics or literature that supports the needs identified. *This question is required.

11. Project goals and objectives: List the project goals, objectives and outcomes as it relates to improving health information access. *This question is required.

12. NLM or NIH resources: Will NLM or NIH resources be covered as part of the program? If so, list:
*This question is required.

13. Implementation and Schedule/Timeline: Discuss in detail how the project will be implemented and include what tasks will be performed and who will perform them. Provide an implementation schedule/timeline. Describe the event program (include proposed or identified venue, speakers, topics to be presented, and planning steps). Describe the location where the program will take place and why this was chosen.
*This question is required.

14. Promotion Plan: Provide a plan for promoting the event to the targeted audiences.

*This question is required.

15. Personnel: Identify all organizing and event personnel, their applicable experience as it pertains to the project, and their role in the project.
*This question is required.

16. Project Partners: Describe any institution(s) that you will be working with on this event.

*This question is required.

17. Evaluation Plan: All proposals should include information on evaluation, assessment and metrics for the project. Consult the NNLM MCR staff or the NNLM Evaluation Office (NEO) for resources: https://nnlm.gov/evaluation.

Describe plans for evaluating the event's success. For each objective: Provide an indicator of success, where that data will come from, and the method for evaluating each indicator. Provide a process assessment plan that evaluates the project’s implementation.
*This question is required.

18. Continuation/Sustainability Plan: Describe the activities that will continue project services to targeted audience or the institution's intent to maintain communication or service to the target audience beyond the period of performance. If the project is expected to continue after the funded period, include information on how it will be funded.
*This question is required.

19. Budget: Proposals must include a budget table or spreadsheet for the costs in each category. Include a narrative justification for budget items, explaining the purpose of each item in the project. A sample budget table is included. Consult with your institution to determine documentation required.

The NNLM MCR budget period runs May 1 – April 30. If this will be a two-year project, proposals must include a budget table for each budget period (May 1, 2017 – April 30, 2018 and May 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019).

The budget estimate should be categorized by the following, as they apply:

Personnel (including instructors and presenters)
Equipment
Supplies
Publicity and promotion activities
Reproduction
Travel/per diem
Facility rental
Other (please specify)
Direct Costs
Indirect Costs (IDC) or Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs, if you wish to claim them, apply at your university's non-research rate (or, if your institution has no negotiated rate, a 10% Modified Total Direct Cost (MTDC) can be applied).
Total cost requested (not to go over $14,000)

*This question is required.

Sample Budget Template

Project Lead: ____________________________________________________

Project Title: _____________________________________________________

Date Submitted: __________________________________________________

Period Covered: __________________________________________________

EXPENDITURE CATEGORY	AMOUNT	AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM NNLM MCR
Personnel (List by name and organization)
Equipment (Itemize)
Supplies (Categorize)
Publicity and promotion activities
Reproduction
Travel/per-diem
Facility rental
Other Expenses (please specify)
Direct Costs
IDC/F&A
GRAND TOTAL

Please upload your budget table here.

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20. Attachments: attach letters of support from event partners.

Upload all letters as one .pdf file.

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21. If needed, please upload any documents, such as timeline or evaluation, that would be helpful in reviewing your application.

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