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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

The overwhelming majority of government grants are awarded by a panel of outside reviewers, including 80% of the grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and over 90% of those awarded by the National Science Foundation or NSF (Bendiscioli, 2019). 2006, Graves et al., 2001, Abdoul et al. Stay tuned.

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

Connect2Compete (C2C) is a project to supply low-cost broadband Internet, low-cost computers, and free training to as many as 100 million "offline" Americans. Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground.

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Hurricanes Helene and Milton reveal a major issue for nonprofits in disaster areas

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

This hurricane season, Republicans are leading the criticism, while during Hurricane Katrina in 2006 the Democrats were lobbing accusations. The Brookings Institution reports that the US government spent $29.6 I was sent for five days of training at the state’s “Earthquake School” in San Luis Obispo.

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Nonprofits, Libraries, and the California Teleconnect Fund

Tech Soup

Qualified organizations include California schools, community colleges, libraries, government and district-owned and operated hospitals and health clinics, and community-based organizations. Hospital and Health Clinics: All hospitals and health clinics owned and operated by county, municipal government, or hospital districts.

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Three Options for Managing References in Grant Proposals and Other Documents

Peak Proposals

Proposals for community-based projects often require references as well, such as citations to government reports, public datasets, or news articles. Scholarly journals, publishing houses, online news sites, and even government agencies use specific styles for referencing information. Paperpile is a web-based tool.

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Philanthropy and policing

Candid

Colonial history, long periods of authoritarianism, endemic corruption, poor training, and lack of resources had eroded any sense that there was a constructive role for law enforcement to play in democratic societies. it was next to impossible in many other countries. Foundation grants on policing are not new.

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