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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

ProposalPRO

There is evidence that government grants are not distributed equitably. 2019 , Ginther et al., 2011 ), that Black scientists are only half as likely as White scientists to win NIH R01 research grants, one of the agency’s most common research project grants. Agencies tend to award grants to the usual suspects.

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Want Changes to Federal Grants? How to Make Your Voice Heard

ProposalPRO

These groups have the resources and technical expertise to monitor agencies and quickly mobilize support, helping to ensure that public comment supports their political ends (Yackee, 2019). For example, Costa et al (2019) conducted an in-depth analysis of comments on a major proposed U.S. 22:37-55 (Volume publication date May 2019).

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Cornerstone Montgomery

RBW Strategy

Challenge RBW Strategy first partnered with 2019 to support a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant application. The organization was new to federal grant-seeking and required additional support to ensure a successful submission.

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. One of the requirements of the bill is that evaluation criteria (weve often written about evaluations ) be published in the RFP, although many federal grant-making agencies already do so.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Analysis tip: The increased size of Candid’s grants data during the period from 2013-2015 shouldn’t be conflated with an increase in giving by donors. 2016-2019 – Young adult In 2016, we increased collection of federal grantmaking by U.S. government agencies ii.

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Rethinking Time Management: Beyond the Clock to True Resource Mastery #3

Grant Writing Made Easy

Managing Emotions: Procrastination and Conversations We Have with Ourselves Back in 2019, I read an article about some of the recent research on procrastination that completely changed my relationship with myself. When I notice myself avoiding a task, I take some time to identify exactly why I don’t want to do that task.