- June 27, 2023HRSA's Uniform Data System (UDS) Mapper is powerful but also incredibly hard to use, and I suspect most people get…
- December 20, 2022The Department of Labor's (DOL) "Nursing Expansion Grant Program" funding Opportunity Announcement (or "FOA," which is DOL-speak for "RFP") has…
- January 10, 2022In addition to our usual calls (e.g.,substance abuse disorder treatment, workforce development, at-risk youth services*, etc.), we sometimes get inquiries…
- September 9, 2020In theory, an "application guide" for a Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant from a federal agency is meant…
- May 29, 2019The more time you spend around grants, grant writing, nonprofits, public agencies, and funders, the more apparent it becomes that…
- March 19, 2018The USDA just released the Community Connect Grant program RFP, which has $30 million to fund 15 projects that will…
- January 16, 2017By now you're familiar with writing needs assessments and you're familiar with using Census data in the needs assessment. While…
- December 28, 2016In addition to the ever-present requirement for a project narrative, some RFPs require a "work plan." For many novice grant…
- March 13, 2016In response to Sam Altman's great post "Hard tech is back," someone on Hacker News pointed out that hard tech…
- September 14, 2015UPDATED 11/11/15, GOOD NEWS RE THE FAX! After two months of frustration, we've finally figured out how to get the…
