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A Newcomer’s Perspective on Ethical Grant Spending

Grant Professionals Association

The budget portion of grants are written based on today’s pricing for funding that may not come to fruition for six months (or longer). The grant administrator did not approve that purchase because it went outside the bounds of the grant which was to teach the mechanics of additive manufacturing and build a curriculum.

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Meet the Experts: Interview with TechImpact’s Linda Widdop

Tech Soup

Linda Widdop : My tech background began in 1993 when I got a job at a PC manufacturing company in Philadelphia working on an assembly line. Many nonprofits have relied on volunteer or local tech providers to set up networks within a limited budget. From there, I moved into QA testing. TechSoup : When are managed IT services not.

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Christmas 2024: Visions of sugar plum Fairies and Money for Nothing and Chicks for Free, but the specter of rescissions loom

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Obligated funds are generally protected by executed contracts between funding agencies and grantees. The Acts tax credits for electric vehicles are a particular source of scorn, but a case can be made that such tax credits have spurred billions in investments to support of additional manufacturing capacity and related jobs.

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Seeking and writing grants under Trump 2.0: “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night”

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Friday, the outgoing administration announced it had completed an agreement to award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company $6.6 semiconductor manufacturing. Federal grants for current grantees are legally binding once a contract is executed: federal agencies are obligated to fulfill the terms unless non-compliance issues arise.

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