Getting Information About Funding

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Getting Information About Funding

• Federal Government Grant Opportunities

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Agenda

• Federal Grants
• www.grants.gov
• Contact Information for Support

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Federal Grants
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What is a Federal Grant?

• WHAT an award of financial assistance
• FROM a Federal Agency
• TO a Recipient
• WHY to carry out a public purpose of support or
  stimulation
• UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY a law of the United States

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Restricted Uses of Federal Grants

• A federal grant is not used to acquire property
  or services for the direct benefit of the Federal
  government

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www.Grants.gov

• One secure internet source
• Managed by the Federal Government
• 100 grant opportunities offered by all 26
  Federal grant-making agencies

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Consolidation of Grants Management

• Brings together grant-making agencies and grant
  community
• Increases efficiency of grants management
• One online research and management system for
  locating over 400 billion in annual grants from
  over 1000 different grant programs

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Search Capabilities

• Increases the speed of finding grants
• Enhances the efficiency of researching grants
• Email notification feature keeps your abreast of
  newly available grants that meet your search
  criteria

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Email Update Service

• Subscribe and select specified interests
• When new grants match your criteria, email
  notifications will be sent to subscriber
• Notification includes Title, Agency Name and a
  link directly to the grant solicitation

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Registration

• Eliminates the need to learn and comply with
  multiple agency-specific system requirements
• One registration access to applications for all
  Federal grant opportunities

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Applying for Grants

• Electronic application that can be downloaded to
  any computer
• Online user support tools
• Personalized assistance from a dedicated Customer
  Support team

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User Statistics

• 1.5 million visitors a week
• Distributes more than a million weekly emails to
  subscribers of its grant bulletins

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Search For Grant Opportunities
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How to Search and Browse

• When looking for something specific use the
  Basic Search and the Advanced Search
• When exploring different types of grants or for a
  broader search browse by Category or Agency
• Keyword Search Option
• AND between multiple keywords delivers results
  that contain all keywords
• OR between multiple keywords delivers results
  that contain each keyword individually as well as
  all combinations of keywords

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Search Results

• Record the Funding Opportunity Number or CFDA
  Number and enter it manually when you apply for a
  grant
• You can click the Apply for Grant Electronically
  button to automatically search for the application

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Email Subscription Services
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Registration
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Applying for Grants
Register at www.grants.gov
Subscribe to email notification
Search and Browse for grant opportunities
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Four Steps to Applying for Grants

• Download a grant application package and
  instructions
• Complete the selected grant application package
• Submit a completed application package
• Track the status of a completed application
  package

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Help and Resources

• www.grants.gov provides a variety of online
  resources
• Grant managers
• www.yourtickettowork.com provides links to a
  webinar hosted by www.grants.gov

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Contact Us

• MAXIMUS Ticket to Work
• 1-866-968-7842 Toll Free
• 1-866-833-2967 TDD
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