The Albany State University initiative was coordinated by the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) in the Department of Natural Sciences. The grant was used to promote health awareness. Students, faculty, staff and community residents were trained to retrieve information about health disparities from the NLM databases. The databases were used as a resource for the development of instructional modules to introduce nursing students to minority health issues and engage them in service learning activities.

Bluefield State College used its grant to enhance the Associate Nursing Degree curriculum with NLM resources. It was also used to help improve the community outreach skills of nursing students to address health disparities. Students used the NLM databases to prepare patient and community education presentations promoting the use of online health information for improving health. Additionally, the nursing division trained the general student population, faculty and others to use the databases.

Howard University School of Pharmacy collaborated with two community pharmacies to foster awareness and increase the utilization of NLM databases. A computer terminal was set up at each site, and customers were recruited on a volunteer basis to participate in the program. Pharmacy residents and students were trained to provide one-on-one medication counseling and train participants to navigate the NLM databases.

Norfolk State University Lyman Beecher Brooks Library partnered with a local community center and another HBCU (Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina) to increase campus and community awareness and utilization of NLM's online resources. The project involved conducting a series of lectures, workshops and seminars for students, faculty and community residents.