Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027)
- Award ceiling
- $75,000 – $1,000,000
- Closes
- Nov 13, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-24
Awards $75,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
In one sentence
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (2027) awards $75,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 13, 2026.
- Program pool (total)
- $8,500,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $1,000,000
- Award floor
- $75,000
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Nov 13, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Sep 1, 2026
- Status
- Closing soon
- Eligible entities
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- Yes
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- Not confirmed
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Who can apply?
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitSee the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility requirements.
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
How hard is the application?
1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- Yes
Who has received this funding?
257 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
257 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $143,489 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM OFFICE | Not stated | $142,782 | 2024 |
| LIBRARY, MONTANA STATE | Not stated | $142,477 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO | Not stated | $142,419 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $141,437 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM | Not stated | $139,055 | 2024 |
| SIMMONS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $138,300 | 2020 |
| DREXEL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $137,686 | 2020 |
| TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $128,402 | 2022 |
| COSLA INC | Not stated | $127,452 | 2022 |
| RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $124,904 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | Not stated | $124,877 | 2023 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $124,334 | 2022 |
| VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $121,925 | 2026 |
| WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $121,661 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | Not stated | $118,996 | 2022 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $115,398 | 2024 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $115,134 | 2023 |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $113,462 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | Not stated | $108,082 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $104,683 | 2019 |
| TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $103,780 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO | Not stated | $100,997 | 2023 |
| JOETEN KIYU PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $100,000 | 2026 |
| SCHOOL BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY FLORIDA | Not stated | $100,000 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO | Not stated | $99,997 | 2020 |
| BLACK CAUCUS OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC | Not stated | $99,993 | 2020 |
| HEALTH CONNECT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC. | Not stated | $99,512 | 2026 |
| ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $96,492 | 2021 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $95,978 | 2021 |
| CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA | Not stated | $95,000 | 2026 |
| OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $94,632 | 2021 |
| FERGUSON LIBRARY | Not stated | $94,245 | 2021 |
| CITY OF LAWRENCE | Not stated | $93,950 | 2021 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $89,794 | 2024 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $88,906 | 2026 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $86,688 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $86,210 | 2021 |
| STATE LIBRARY OF IOWA | Not stated | $80,773 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ADVANCED INTERNET DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $80,526 | 2024 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | Not stated | $74,564 | 2026 |
| CHICO STATE ENTERPRISES | Not stated | $70,886 | 2020 |
| ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK | Not stated | $67,876 | 2018 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | Not stated | $62,190 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | Not stated | $59,081 | 2023 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $57,959 | 2021 |
| OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $56,131 | 2021 |
| EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $41,195 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $40,084 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $32,500 | 2021 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $14,373 | 2020 |
| ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION, WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $0 | 2021 |
| OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $0 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA | Not stated | $0 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $0 | 2021 |
| WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | Not stated | $0 | 2021 |
| NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY | Not stated | -$13,558 | 2021 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
26 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Libraries & Arts, 26 of 32 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$112,500
- Median$350,000
- 75th percentile$500,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Who has won this programme before?
257 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
257 federal awards on file under assistance listing 45.313, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.
- $1,507,574AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONIL · FY2017
- $887,154DREXEL UNIVERSITYPA · FY2020
- $883,034UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEETN · FY2019
- $798,489AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONIL · FY2021
- $788,129COSLA INCKY · FY2023
Common questions
6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
- How much can one applicant receive?
- $75,000 – $1,000,000 per recipient.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $8,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- Nov 13, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 257 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Institute of Museum and Library Services. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.
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- National Leadership Grants for Museums (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $750,000
- Native American Library Services Basic Grant (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $6,000 – $10,000
- National Leadership Grants for Libraries (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $25,000 – $1,000,000
- Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000
- Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $50,000 – $150,000
- Museums Empowered (2027)Closes Nov 13, 2026Awards $5,000 – $350,000
The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.