Friday, November 18, 2011

US Government Grants

By Davis Niven


One must know the difference of US Government grants from a money loan. Money loan once you were given the money already, you are obligated to pay for it after some time. On the other hand, a government grant is given to you in gratis; you don't have to pay for it. The only condition to follow is that you really have to use that amount of money for any purposes that you might have indicated in your request. Therefore, we can say that it is not safe to assume that once we applied for any particular grant we can expect to get sum of money we are requesting for.

If you will check the catalog from CFDA, you will have a better idea on the kind of government grant that will directly address your needs and you can definitely apply for. You can apply to as many government grants as you wish since you are not limited to the number of grants that you can apply for, provided that you are qualified for that.

Make sure though that you have checked on the requirements and have them ready first prior to application. This will save you the hassle and disappointment of having wrong expectations that you can apply for any type of financial grant available without having to verify on qualifications and requirements first.

I cannot put more emphasis on the need for you to prepare first the needed documentation and requirements that are specific for every government grant that you may apply for. This is your way of telling the specific government agency the kind of situation that you are in, thus merits you the benefits included in the financial grant that you're requesting for.

As much as possible avoid giving only half of the requirements as it may not merit you the grant and thus can be denied in the process. Make it a point, too, that you keep track of the set deadlines for a specific government grant as most of these are offered only for a short period of time.




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