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Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant

The NonProfit Times

The judges also determined the rules of the granting process in Fearless Foundation’s “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest,” constituted a contract and were therefore subject to anti racial-discrimination statutes found in 42 U.S. The post Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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A Newcomer’s Perspective on Ethical Grant Spending

Grant Professionals Association

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. Author Bio: Deana Guido, PhD serves at the Grant Researcher and Contract Administrator at Bladen Community College (NC).

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

Tech Soup

The new national strategy covers the design and manufacture of electronics devices all the way through to end of life – essentially a crade-to-grave approach. It affects manufacturers, electronics recyclers, refurbishers, all US federal government agencies, and also government contractors. How the National Strategy Came About.

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FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0012 CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE): Extreme Neuromorphic Materials and Computing

iGrantWriters

The proposed COE involves the partnership of AFOSR, AFRL Information Directorate (AFRL/RI), and AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) to conduct research in the field of extreme neuromorphic materials and computing.

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Top 2015 Tech Trends

Tech Soup

Also wireless carrier contracts are on the way out now that we have legal phone unlocking and jailbreaking and carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint abandoning the two-year contract. New phones from Apple, Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Lumia and the rest of the major manufacturers all have biometric security now.

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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. The question should probably be phrased as “When should an organization contract with outside Managed IT Services?” From there, I moved into QA testing. a good idea?

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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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