Arts & Culture · Active
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program · IMLS · High-volume · mid band
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.312) - federal assistance administered by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $50K–$500K
- Typical award range
- 20
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- IMLS
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program ranks #298 of 504, #6 of 10 within IMLS, and #9 of 28 among Arts & Culture programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 45.312 is an active Arts & Culture program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $50K–$500K
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $3.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 6%
- of the catalog is Arts & Culture
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program · floor-band ceiling on a busy book (#456/502)
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program sits below most listed ceilings (9th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$500,000 Top 91% higher than 9% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-01-28
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 45.312 · IMLS VOL-STEADY · #298/504
VOL-STEADY · LOWER-HALF · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MID · ELIG-EDU · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- LOWER-HALF #298/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MID $50K–$500K
- ELIG-EDU Educational institution
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 45.312
VOL-STEADY · #298/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestLaura Bush 21st Cen… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($50,000 to $500,000) with a hot opportunity book (20 indexed rows) under CFDA 45.312. Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 0%.
Assistance Listing text · IMLS
Recruitment and education grants to support the library and information science workforce.
Campus applicant desk · Arts & Culture
Educational institutions are the sole printed applicant type for CFDA 45.312. Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program reads as a campus Assistance Listing, not a civic or commercial open desk.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 45.312
94% of the 35 indexed listings under CFDA 45.312 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program typically uses to move money. 80% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $219.2 million across 35 listings (avg $6.3 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 850 across 35 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 45.312, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 45.312
None of the 35 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 45.312 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $25,000 to $3.0 million (120×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 97% of listings carry the Arts (AR) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 35 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $1.0 million (35 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Arts (AR)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
IMLS · administering agency
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Library and museum services, digital learning, and community engagement programs.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 45.312
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2026)
National Leadership Grants for Museums (2026)
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2025)
National Leadership Grants for Museums (2025)
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2024)
National Leadership Grants for Museums (2024)
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2023)
National Leadership Grants for Museums (2023)
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2022)
National Leadership Grants for Museums (2022)
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 45.312: 20 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administers 10 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) (47.040). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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