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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

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Women and racial minorities were far less likely to be experienced in the grants process, or to win grant awards. As I say, the people who win federal grants are the people who win federal grants. Agencies tend to award grants to the usual suspects. There’s little surprise there.

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The Advantages of Asymmetric Information

ProposalPRO

PRO Tip: Learn the best way to respond to a grant by studying the agency issuing that grant - its mission, policy goals, and types of grants it awards. Grants.gov provides that information here. Finally, please subscribe to my Fund the Change blog, below. Looking for the best way to start that research?

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Peer Review Panels and the Federal Grant Application Evaluations Process

Grants.gov

When preparing your federal grant application, you would do well to put yourself – and your team – in the shoes of the people who will be evaluating it. In this post, we will look specifically at grant opportunities that are evaluated (at least in part) with the aid of a peer review panel (Note: Not all are evaluated in this way).

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I Signed up for What?! A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

In addition to risk, federal government agencies are asking applicants/recipients to demonstrate their ability to manage federal grants through a robust internal controls policy and procedures manual (sometimes during the pre-award stage) that outlines how organizations will be good stewards of government funding.

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Demystifying Funding Opportunity Announcements on Grants.gov—Grant Writing Basics

Grants.gov

It is easy to be intimidated when you first encounter a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on Grants.gov. Do you have other tips for first-time federal grant applicants? Share them below and we will highlight our favorites in a future blog post. There are the four tabs of content.

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Grant Writing: 3 Tips for Discussing Impact in Federal Grant Applications

Grants.gov

Let’s say that your organization is applying for a federal grant that will support a wildlife reserve restoration project. Such panels provide their evaluations to the federal grant-making agency’s staff. Want more insight into the grant writing process?

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6 Ways to Win Government Grants

Think and Ink Grants

Writing and winning government grants, especially federal grants, is even more challenging if you're still learning the ropes. Here are six ways to win federal grants. Finding Federal Grants Grants.gov is home to just about every federal grant opportunity available in the United States and sometimes abroad.