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Medical Library Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

93.879

Program objective

To meet a growing need for investigators trained in biomedical informatics research and data science by training qualified pre- and post-doctoral candidates; to conduct research in biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and related computer, information and data sciences; to facilitate management of electronic health records and clinical research data; to prepare scholarly works in biomedicine and health; to advance biocomputing and bioinformatics through participation in Federal initiatives relating to biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and biomedical computing; and to stimulate and foster scientific and technological innovation through cooperative research development carried out between small business concerns and research institutions, through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    300 new and continuing applications will be received. 130 new and continuing awards will be made. NLM received over 270 competing applications; of those 229 were reviewed and 47 awards were issued. NLM funded 101 noncompeting renewal applications. A total of 148 new and continuing awards were issued. The overall success rate was 13.5%.

  2. 2017

    320 new and continuing applications will be received. 150 new and continuing awards were issued.

  3. 2019

    474 new and continuing applications were received. 188 new and continuing awards were made.

  4. 2020

    450 new and continuing applications were received. 160 new and continuing awards will be made.

  5. 2024

    341 new applications were received; 53 new awards were made.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

National Library of Medicine Grant Programs are awarded under the Public Health Service Act and the Medical Library Assistance Act. Grants and funding awards are made available under the authority of the Acts as codified under 45 CFR Part 75 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards); the NIH Grants Policy Statement is available to grantees as a single document governing the NIH/DHHS policy requirements and terms and conditions of NIH/DHHS grant awards. Additional regulations and guidelines are provided in the Omnibus Solicitation of the Public Health Service for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR - R43, R44) Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications including the Omnibus Solicitation of the National Institutes of Health for Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR - R41, R42) Grant Applications.

  1. IV, D, Subpart 2, 472-476, Public Health Service Act.
  2. III, A, 301, Public Health Service Act.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Education (13+)
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Health Professional
  • Native American Organizations
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • School
  • Scientist/Researchers
  • Small business
  • Student/Trainee
  • U.S. Citizen
  • U.S. Territories

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