Closed · NLG-LIBRARIES-FY23 · CFDA 45.312 · Discretionary

National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2023)

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

$50K-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 17, 2023
Close date
38
Expected awards

The verdict

National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2023) is a closed discretionary listing from Institute of Museum and Library Services that offered $50,000 -- $1,000,000 across 38 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.

$50K-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
38
expected awards
45.312
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

National Leadership Grants for Libraries is closed (last close March 17, 2023). 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 March 17, 2023

Posted Jul 7 Closes Mar 17

Est. Total Funding

$9,000,000

Expected Awards

38

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

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.The goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that:• Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public.• Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement.• Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with an emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach.• Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster.• Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve.The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit preliminary proposals by the September 21st deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 17, 2023. Make sure you are filling out the application for the correct phase; Grants.gov will not let you submit the application if you accidentally upload it to the wrong phase.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NLG-LIBRARIES-FY23

Grants.gov marks National Leadership Grants for Libraries 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. 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

Erin Barsan, Senior Program Officer, ebarsan@imls.gov Jill Connors-Joyner, Senior Program Officer, jconnors-joyner@imls.gov Sarah Fuller, Senior Program Officer, sfuller@imls.gov James Neal, Senior Program Officer, jneal@imls.gov Dr. Ashley Sands, Senior Program Officer, asands@imls.gov

What to do next

National Leadership Grants for Libraries 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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