Funding Resources

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Office of High Performance Computing and Communications (OHPCC)
Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC)
Bethesda, MD 20894, Telephone 301-402-4100.
- NLM Contracts and Purchasing

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Contracts and Purchasing
Bethesda, MD 20894
- NLM Contracts and Purchasing

U.S. National Library of Medicine
Division of Extramural Programs
Bethesda, MD 20894
- Grants and Other Assistance Mechanisms

U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
- http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Many DHHS Agencies list funding opportunities on their web sites.
- Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT).
- GrantsNet is a tool for locating information about DHHS grant programs.
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
  - National Institute of Standards & Technology Advanced Technology Program. http://www.atp.nist.gov/
  - National Telecommunications & Information Administration. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
    - Technology Opportunities Program (TOP). http://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/otiahome/top/index.html
    - Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP). http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  - USDA Rural Utilities Service. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Utilities_LP.html
    - Distance Learning and Telemedicine. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UTP_DLT.html
- Universal Service Order providing eligible rural health careproviders with financial support for telecommunications services.
  - Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).
    Rural Health Care Program. http://www.universalservice.org/rhc/
- Locating Other Funding Resources
  - GPO (U.S. Government Printing Office) ACCESS. http://www.gpoaccess.gov
  - Telemedicine Information Exchange
  - RICHS: Rural Information Center Health Service. http://ric.nal.usda.gov/
  - Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research Command. http://www.tatrc.org