Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027)
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Opportunity LB21-FY27
≈ 35 awards expected
Who can apply
- Others
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility requirements.
About this opportunity
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) projects build a library and archival workforce that can meet the information needs of communities of all types and sizes and increase the institutional capacity of libraries, archives, and library and information science graduate programs across the country.
Award history — Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (Assistance Listing 45.313)
This program made 23 new awards in FY2025.
Across the 173 most recent awards. Total obligations, not per-year.
New awards recorded on USAspending.gov under the federal program that funds this opportunity. FY2025 figures may still be incomplete. Institute of Museum and Library Services does not publish how many applications it receives, so a true success rate cannot be computed for this program — no one can honestly sell you that number.
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