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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

Or my favorite—when one organization has a NICRA (Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement) of 47% while the other three organizations use the 10% de minimus rate, and this causes a stir. I’ve even negotiated that none of us ask for Indirect Costs so all the money goes directly to the program! Has this worked all the time?

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

Small grant proposals are good entry points: If you are new to grant writing or your grant writing skills are rusty, we recommend targeting small grants with a performance period of one year sponsored by professional associations. If you persevere, you will get funded! RETURN TO OUTLINE.

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

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Whatever it means, it means that its simply not possible for a federal grant applicant to “handicap” their chances of being funded no matter what reforms are implemented. Looks like a good problem for DOGE to solve, since I dont think the Grants Transparency Act of 2023 addresses this crazy structure for submitting proposals.