Closed · APP-FY20 · CFDA 45.312 · Discretionary

Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries

Federal grant opportunity posted by Institute of Museum and Library Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$50K
Award range
Closed
Status
December 2, 2019
Close date
30
Expected awards

The verdict

Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $10,000 -- $50,000 across 30 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 138 other opportunities from Institute of Museum and Library Services.

$10K-$50K
award range
Closed
application status
30
expected awards
45.312
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Li… is closed (last close December 2, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 45.312 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Institute of Museum and Library Services still indexes 138 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed December 2, 2019

Posted Aug 30 Closes Dec 2

Est. Total Funding

$1,250,000

Expected Awards

30

Instrument

Grant

Description

Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) is a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goals of this initiative are to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and/or rural libraries and archives to serve their communities and to build grantee capacity through participation in a community of practice. IMLS invites applications that focus on transforming K-12 school library practice, community memory, or digital inclusion and are clearly linked to an individual institution's broader community needs.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · APP-FY20

Grants.gov marks Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Li… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Arts · Humanities (AR;HU). This eligibility-code string dominates the Institute of Museum and Library Services book (124 peers, 89% of 139).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 45.312

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

Institute of Museum and Library Services

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Agency Contact

Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4791 jconnors-joyner@imls.gov James Neal, Senior Program Officer 202-653-4740 jneal@imls.gov Cynthia Landrum, Deputy Director 202-653-4650 clandrum@imls.gov

What to do next

Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Li… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 45.312 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services lists 138 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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