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.
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Libraries & Arts
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.
Record fields
- 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.
Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$8,500,000Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$1,000,000Who can apply?
level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity typesindustry
Source field: industries
size limit
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitclause text
See 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?
Nov 13, 202620 daysDeadline type Fixed date
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCLC, INC | Not stated | $249,989 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS | Not stated | $249,979 | 2024 |
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,976 | 2026 |
| MISSOURI LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $249,950 | 2024 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $249,946 | 2024 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $249,939 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $249,917 | 2023 |
| AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,905 | 2021 |
| CORNERSTONES OF SCIENCE | Not stated | $249,899 | 2021 |
| SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE, INC | Not stated | $249,891 | 2023 |
| NEW MEXICO STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION | Not stated | $249,877 | 2022 |
| OCLC, INC | Not stated | $249,743 | 2020 |
| JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA | Not stated | $249,582 | 2023 |
| ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES | Not stated | $249,531 | 2023 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $249,470 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $249,394 | 2023 |
| KY DEPARTMENT LIBRARIES & ARCHIVES | Not stated | $249,388 | 2024 |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $249,328 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $249,198 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO | Not stated | $248,700 | 2023 |
| ASSOCIATION OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVISTS | Not stated | $248,462 | 2021 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $248,111 | 2018 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $247,811 | 2019 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $247,589 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $247,507 | 2021 |
| THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $247,379 | 2018 |
| VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $247,362 | 2026 |
| COBIMET, INC | Not stated | $247,300 | 2026 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Not stated | $246,782 | 2020 |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $246,419 | 2023 |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $245,741 | 2021 |
| PACIFIC LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP | Not stated | $245,721 | 2019 |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $245,427 | 2021 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $245,298 | 2021 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | Not stated | $244,842 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | Not stated | $243,885 | 2019 |
| CAL POLY CORPORATION | Not stated | $242,482 | 2017 |
| ERIKSON INSTITUTE | Not stated | $241,866 | 2021 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $241,397 | 2019 |
| CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $241,147 | 2023 |
| WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $240,537 | 2020 |
| JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY, INCORPORATED | Not stated | $240,412 | 2020 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $240,305 | 2021 |
| LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $239,165 | 2021 |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $237,952 | 2019 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES | Not stated | $237,839 | 2022 |
| YALE UNIV | Not stated | $237,561 | 2019 |
| ASSOCIATION OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVISTS | Not stated | $234,184 | 2023 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $233,201 | 2019 |
| COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES | Not stated | $233,050 | 2019 |
| WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION | Not stated | $230,551 | 2019 |
| MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC | Not stated | $227,862 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Not stated | $222,793 | 2018 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $222,334 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DENVER | Not stated | $220,167 | 2022 |
| OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $219,982 | 2022 |
| COBIMET, INC | Not stated | $219,300 | 2022 |
| CALIFA GROUP | Not stated | $217,498 | 2022 |
| HBCU LIBRARY ALLIANCE INC. | Not stated | $216,691 | 2026 |
| BLACK HILLS SPECIAL SERVICES | Not stated | $214,001 | 2018 |
| THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $210,408 | 2018 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $209,484 | 2018 |
| TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $209,196 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | Not stated | $208,142 | 2020 |
| SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $205,633 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | Not stated | $202,736 | 2023 |
| HAMPTON UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $202,484 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO | Not stated | $201,467 | 2020 |
| CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO | Not stated | $198,216 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $192,844 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $192,015 | 2022 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | Not stated | $190,974 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $190,918 | 2025 |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | Not stated | $187,585 | 2021 |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION | Not stated | $186,631 | 2021 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | Not stated | $182,201 | 2021 |
| ASSOCIATION OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVISTS | Not stated | $174,400 | 2024 |
| AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $170,824 | 2024 |
| THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | Not stated | $159,978 | 2023 |
| NEW YORK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | Not stated | $150,000 | 2023 |
| THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS | Not stated | $150,000 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST | Not stated | $150,000 | 2024 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | Not stated | $149,996 | 2022 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | Not stated | $149,957 | 2024 |
| NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $149,927 | 2026 |
| BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM, INC. | Not stated | $149,879 | 2024 |
| THE ASSOCIATION FOR RURAL & SMALL LIBRARIES INC | Not stated | $149,842 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Not stated | $149,832 | 2023 |
| ITHACA COLLEGE | Not stated | $149,748 | 2023 |
| SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE | Not stated | $149,603 | 2024 |
| SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA | Not stated | $149,120 | 2024 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $148,945 | 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ADVANCED INTERNET DEVELOPMENT | Not stated | $148,892 | 2020 |
| ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES | Not stated | $148,792 | 2024 |
| WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | Not stated | $148,301 | 2022 |
| SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE NFP | Not stated | $148,200 | 2024 |
| THE 1947 PARTITION ARCHIVE | Not stated | $147,116 | 2022 |
| SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $146,770 | 2023 |
| SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | Not stated | $145,902 | 2022 |
| WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | Not stated | $145,575 | 2022 |
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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- 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
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-24
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-03
Assistance listing45.313
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.