Discussion Topic Grant Proposal (RFP) Funder
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HA620FundersR3.pptxHA620-101 Research Methods in Health Care
Su-yan Barrow, MA, MPH, PhD
WK2
Lecture Overview
Selecting a Topic - Research Area of Interest
Types of Funding
Identifying a Grant Funder
Introduction – Section 1
What is an Areas of Need
A need can be defined as ‘a gap between what is and what should be’
What groups want and need
What existing programs or interventions are meeting the needs of those who are supposed to benefit.
Which program need services
What might be the best alternatives for meeting those needs
Literature Review
Searching computerized databases
Available through the internet and the Monroe College Library
Use free online databases (such as Google Scholar) as well as those available through the libraries (ERIC, PsycINFO, EBSCO, etc.)
Find an article close to the topic of interest and use the search terms used to describe it to find more articles
What makes this project special?
There are lots of good programs in the world.
What makes this program unique, innovative, worthy, exceptional, stand out from the others?
Basically, why should anyone who is not you, your staff, or your participants care what happens in this project?
Remember funding is competitive
What is a Grant?
A grant is a sum of money given to an agency or individual to address a problem or need in the community.
The written document that one prepares as a means of requesting or applying for this money (funding) is a grant proposal.
Grants are not synonymous with contracts. Organizations or individuals can use grants to accomplish their stated purposes, objectives, within their own policies and guidelines.
Contracts are legally binding and represent an arrangement in which contracting agencies (federal or state government, for example) buy services from organizations or individuals in order to fulfill obligations or responsibilities.
Terminology and Differences
The process of writing a proposal for funding is commonly know as grant writing, the individual(s) who are responsible for writing the grant proposal is known a grant writer(s).
The entity (government agency/private foundation) providing the money is the funder.
The funder than provides a contract for the services (fee-for-service contracts), usually called a grant.
The Grant Life Cycle
Finding a Good Fit
No one ever got a grant by proposing the wrong idea to the wrong funder.
Similarly, medical funders are probably not going to be interested in poverty projects.
It is important to conduct a good grant search to find an opportunity that fits the project is a critical step towards a great proposal.
Federal and foundation funders publicize their programs in different ways, so sometimes you will need to be persistent and check in more than one place to find the information you need to make a decision about a submission.
The Overlap of Grant Segments
Types of Funders
Federal Agencies
Federal grant programs and endowments
State and municipal-funded resources
Private Grant Giving Foundations
Independent
Company-sponsored
Operating
Community
Professional Organizations
Private Industry
Search for Funders
Request for Proposal(RFP), Request for Application (RFA), Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFA), Call for Proposal
Letter of Inquiry
Database/listservs
990s
Dedicated websites and services
Grants.gov - https://www.grants.gov/
NIH.gov - https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm
Letter of Inquiry
Most foundations prefer that you send a proposal letter (aka letter of inquiry, or LOI) rather than a full grant proposal, especially when your nonprofit first approaches it for funding.
Letter of Inquiry
Letter of Intent/Interest
Grants.gov
Grants.gov is a federal clearinghouse for grant opportunities and a grant submission portal.
As of 2014, Grants.gov provided access to 26 federal agencies by including information on their grant opportunities and/or functioned as a portal to accept grant submissions.
Not every federal agency participates in Grants.gov, and some have dual programs through Grants.gov and through their own submission systems.
Federal Grants
Federal Grants
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH is made up of 27 Institutes and Centers, each with a specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems.
The following groupings represent the main types of grant funding:
Research Grants (R series)
Career Development Awards (K series)
Research Training and Fellowships (T & F series)
Program Project/Center Grants (P series)
Resource Grants (various series)
Trans-NIH Programs
Inactive Programs (Archive)
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health R21
World Health Organization
Types of Grant Funding
Private Grant Giving Foundations
Professional Organizations/Associations
Bill and Melinda Grant Seeking Resources
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
American Diabetes Association
Questions?
