Government grants through the SBIR program provide significant funds for startup companies. This article gives some advice on winning a SBIR grant from the NSF from the point of view of someone who’s been there.
Do as much of the preparation work as possible yourself, allowing you to spend your consulting dollars where they are really needed — the actual grant writing. The better prepared you are, the more likely you will be to attract the best grant writers.
Last week was a busy one for me: I am the contact person for applicants to a local Education Foundation and Friday was the proposal deadline! It never fails that the few days before the deadline I am flooded with questions from people applying. Most of their questions and requests are within reason, but I [...]
As a grant writer, one of the occupational hazards is frequently daydreaming of writing a grant that would allow me to quit my day job and do something creative for a year (or two). Here are a few grants of just that type: USA Fellows United States Artists (USA) exists to nurture, support, and strengthen [...]
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