Application: Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries was a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program, 2018-2020. This funding opportunity is no longer offered.
Grant Amount: $10,000–$50,000
Grant Period: Two years
Cost Share Requirement: None

Program Overview:
Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) was a special initiative of the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goal of this initiative was to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and/or rural libraries and archives to serve their communities and to build grantee capacity through participation in a community of practice. IMLS invited applications that focused on the following topics:

• transforming school library practice
• community memory
• digital inclusion

Program Status:
APP was a pilot initiative launched in 2018 as a commitment to support small and rural libraries. After two pilot years, a program evaluation is underway to understand how this funding opportunity met the needs of these organizations, and how IMLS can best serve grantees and their communities.

Program Contacts:If you have general questions, please contact imls-librarygrants@imls.gov.