Medical Information Service Program Grants

Medical Information Services Program (MISP) grants are available to subsidize costs associated with interlibrary loans involving medical and health related materials. Grants are available to medical or hospital libraries, though other libraries may also be eligible to have the cost of its health-related interlibrary loans subsidized if the National Library of Medicine (NLM) or a Document Delivery Providers (DDP's) provided them. Grant funding is based, in part, on Docline interlibrary loan statistics.

Before You Apply:

By submitting this application for MISP funds, the library is pledging its willingness to lend as well as borrow health information materials.  If allocated funds, the library is assuring that New York State funds will be expended for the sole purpose of borrowing medical or health-related materials from the NLM or delegated NN/LM document delivery providers.

NOTE: After submitting this form, you will be directed to an upload page where you will be asked to submit your latest Docline annual statistics summary from January through December 2012 (Word or PDF) and a summary report of your EFTS account from January through December 2012 (Word or PDF). 

DEADLINE: Your application should be submitted by March 8, 2013 at 5:00pm. 

PLEASE NOTE: To complete this application, please follow these four steps in order:

1. Complete the form below with the appropriate information.
2. Before you click "Submit," print this page (use Control+P on a PC -or- Command + P on a Mac) and sign in the appropriate boxes.
3. Click "Submit and take me to Upload File" to be taken to the next page to upload your documentation in Word or PDF format.
4. Send your signed forms to Joan Napolitano via: 
   1. Mail: Joan Napolitano c/o METRO, 57 East 11th Street 4th Floor, NY, NY 10003 
   2. Fax: 212.228.2598)
   3. Scan: jnapolitano@metro.org

If you have any questions about this grant, please contact Joan Napolitano.