On January 24th, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) launched a new application portal designed to improve and streamline its Letter of Intent (LOI) and application submission process. The enhanced online portal is intended for both new requests (beginning with …
With all the talk about transparency in government these days, it seems an opportune time to share how the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) can help you when it comes to preparing a federal grant proposal. As the “law that …
Kicking off a new series of guest bloggers, we asked Cindy Lewis, President of Cynthia K. Lewis & Associates, LLC to educator our dear readers about professional evaluators. Here are her tips on selecting an evaluator. Grant awardees must recognize …
Ever heard of a modular budget? Used only by the National Institutes of Health, modular budgets offer a more efficient and condensed format to lay out the costs associated with lower-range funding requests ($250,000 or less per year). Basically, a …
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the seeds of which were planted in a one-room laboratory in New York in 1887, exists “to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to …
Ever wonder how to classify expenses as “direct” or “indirect”? Curious about “overhead” and “administrative” costs? You’re not alone. There are myriad rules and regulations about the classification of “extra” costs that go beyond the basic, direct costs required to …
With a little more than a year under its belt, the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards has streamlined federal grants management – but not without the necessity for significant changes in practices among grantees …
Our grant writing tips this month are inspired by the implementation of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, otherwise known as the Federal DATA Act. Effective in May of this year, this legislation is designed to improve the …
We concluded last month’s “tips” article with a note about the importance of letters of support in developing a successful grant application. We emphasized that letters of support are most impactful when they are written later in the application drafting …
Words for Good is nearing 10 years in business. Along the way, we’ve learned a thing or two about grant-seeking. Here are a few tips to make the grant writing process more cohesive and successful. Time and time again, we’ve learned …
