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National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)

Open now · Grant · NLG-LIBRARIES-FY27

Next cut-off
13 Nov '26
in 68 days
Per grant
$256K
the call's own average
Grants expected
45
projects that will be funded
Funding rate
,
not published, read the conditions

In context of US Institute of Museum and Library Services

This grant$256K
The track runs to the largest grant in US Institute of Museum and Library Services ($471K). The median across the 13 calls we publish is $189K, this one is above it.

What this call funds

National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) projects enhance the quality of library services nationwide. The program supports projects that: promote adult reading, and health and financial literacies; focus on programming and archival practices related to our shared American history; manage and preserve the national information infrastructure; serve the public’s information and education needs; enhance library and information services through effective and efficient use of new and emerging technologies; improve community prosperity; provide emergency services to communities during disasters and emergencies; and build collaborative partnerships between libraries, archives, and museums that benefit the communities they serve.

What applying costs you

ItemEstimateNote
Drafting effort3–4 weekssingle submission
Time to first payment6–9 monthscut-off → evaluation → grant agreement

These are Bemzu's estimates from the call's structure (the number of stages and whether a consortium is required) not figures published by the Commission. Only the co-financing share is read from the call itself.

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