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The IMLS is set out to administer grant amounts that range from $50,000 to $500,000 to several selected applicants that are eligible to participate in this program.

To know more about the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, you can visit the Grant.gov website or go to Topgovernmentgrants.com.

In order to be deemed eligible to apply for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, you must:

a) belong to either a unit of State or local government or a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;

b) be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau;

c) qualify as one of the following organizations: a library or a parent organization, an academic or administrative unit, a digital library, a library agency that is an official agency of a state or other unit of government, a library consortium that is a local, statewide, regional, interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities, and lastly, a library association that exists on a permanent basis.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main agency funding the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, is the nation's primary source of federal support to libraries and museums. In addition, it is also the country's leader in providing services that is aimed at enhancing learning, sustaining cultural heritage and increasing civic participation.

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Additional Resources

category - Education Grants

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The National Institutes of Health has partnered with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to establish the Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs Program where both agencies intend to solicit resource-related research project grant applications that concentrate on the etiology, manifestation, prevention, and remediation of writing, reading, or mathematics learning disabilities.

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2012 University Center Economic Development Program Competition
The Economic Development Administration has recently established the 2012 University Center Economic Development Program Competition wherein they intend to solicit grant applications from higher education institutions stating their intent to establish and operate special University Centers that are focused on leveraging university assets in order to create regional economic ecosystems that will support high-growth entrepreneurship.

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SMART Grants - Educational Grants for the Student of Math, Science and Languages
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grants assist those undergraduate postsecondary students that major in foreign languages or certain designated technical fields. Financial grant assistance is provided on need-basis to help these students meet their educational expenses.

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Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture has recently constituted the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program in an attempt to boost and enhance the quality of formal, postsecondary-level agricultural sciences education.

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