Federal Grants Proposal SAM 
Seliger + Associates Grant Writing
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. The Grants Transparency Act complements the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act passed in 2019.
Lightning Fast Grant Writing
MAY 9, 2025
Even seasoned grant pros groan at the thought of wrestling with a 40-page RFP, cross-checking 19 different attachments, and chasing signatures like its an Olympic sport. Federal proposals arent just bigtheyre massive , bureaucratic, and jammed with technical landmines. Federal grants are no time for pridetheyre a team sport.
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Grant Professionals Association
JULY 10, 2025
Secondly, I worked as a contractor on a federal grant and was the final staff left to close the grant/organization down as a result of the grant ending after three years. Finally, I left a job as a grant coordinator after I was there six months when I saw the “writing on the wall” that the grant would not be renewed.
Cain Nonprofit Solutions
MARCH 4, 2021
You probably aren’t ready for federal grants at all. When you are in a good place to apply for federal grants, the information you've absorbed here will keep you on the right path. You can use my Grant Readiness Toolkit to help you get it done. The bottom line is that to apply for a federal grant you need a DUNS #.
ProposalPRO
JANUARY 31, 2022
If you’re writing a federal grant, plenty. But your federal grant program officers and reviewers don’t want to see them in your grant proposal. You may not see it this way, but Uncle Sam sees your leap into hyperspace as a way to add information beyond the allowable page limit. What’s a hyperlink?
ProposalPRO
AUGUST 31, 2021
Asymmetric information can be a disadvantage, especially for nonprofit organizations that are new to the world of government grants. Or an advantage to experienced proposers. So how does asymmetric information work in the government grants space? Experienced proposers do. That’s why experienced proposers win.
Grants.gov
JUNE 14, 2017
Applying for a federal grant can be a lot of work involving many moving parts. On top of strategizing, conducting meetings, and writing a compelling proposal, there are other little-but-necessary tasks on the path to successfully submitting your application that you should do well before the closing date.
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