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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

USG negotiated indirect cost rate: In the case of USG grant applications, many institutions (this includes both educational institutions and nonprofits) have a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA) with the US government. NICRA covers indirect costs (facilities and administrative costs) and fringe benefit expenses.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Ive been writing grant proposals since dinosaurs walked the earth and have seen various attempts to reform the federal grant-making process. One of the requirements of the bill is that evaluation criteria (weve often written about evaluations ) be published in the RFP, although many federal grant-making agencies already do so.