The Library is part of...
Applied Health
Sciences
2%
Veterinary
Medicine
2%
Fine & Applied
Arts
1%
Education
2%
VP for Academic
Affairs
1%
Other
5%
Beckman Institute
4%
Vice Chancellor
for Research
15%
Engineering
34%
State Surveys
7%
ACES
10%
Liberal Arts &
Sciences
17%
Research isn’t always about
money…
 Leads
 Enables
 Supports research initiatives
 Technology transfer
 Economic development
… but the funding helps to fuel the
innovation!
Library Grants Program
 Collections enhancement in strategic areas
 Collections-based research
 International library education & training programs
 Preservation of print and digital content
 Professional development
 Public outreach
 Technology development and evaluation
Library Research – FY07
US Library of
Congress
6%
US National
Endowment for
the Humanities
(NEH)
30%
Other
3%
Commercial
7%
IL State Library
9%
US Department of
Education
10%
Institute of
Museum & Library
Services (IMLS)
10%
Associations
11%
Philanthropic
Foundations
14%
Agencies Funding Library Research
ALA
Association of
American Law
Schools
Campus
Research Board
CARLI
Carnegie
Corporation
Délégation du
Québec á
Chicago
Digital Library
Federation
Illinois
Humanities
Council
Illinois State
Library
IMLS
LAMA
Lincoln Trails
Library Systems
MacArthur
Foundation
Mellon
Foundation
Alpha Tau
Omega
National
Endowments for
the Humanities
National Park
Service
Library Proposal Metrics
 22 Faculty Submitted Proposals in FY 08
 A 38% increase over FY 07 (16 Faculty)
 We submitted 25 proposals to 14 different agencies
 18 proposals were awarded which is a hit rate of
This is an increase of 24% over the previous year.
Library Proposal Metrics
 We requested a total of $2,284,073 budget dollars
 We received a total $801,861 award dollars
 The proposals requiring cost sharing participation
were reduced from 80% in FY 07 to 44% in FY 08
Proposals Awarded - Small
 Cherié Weible applied for and received an award from
the State Historical Society of Missouri
 Award was for research for her book manuscript
“Swords and Plowshares”
 The award provided $200 for travel directly related to
the manuscript research.
 No cost sharing required
Proposals Awarded - Large
 Mary Stuart applied for and received an award from
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
 Award was for the Illinois Newspaper Project – Final
Phase
 This $692,222 RENEWAL award was one of the larger
award received by the Library in 2007.
 Cost sharing was required.
Library support for proposals
Lots of Information @ Research/Grants page:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/administration/it/grants.html
Savvy Researcher Workshop on Grants/Proposals:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/learn/instruction/workshops.h
tml
IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service)—grant
opportunities database
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris
Questions?
grants@library.uiuc.edu