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grant

Etymology: ME, granten, to believe a request

a monetary award given to an institution, a project, equipment, or an individual by the federal government, a foundation, a private business, or an institution to provide financial support for research, service, or training. The applicant usually writes a formal application (proposal) for the grant, which is reviewed by the granting agency and compared with other proposals. The grantee is usually accountable to the grantor for reporting the outcomes as a result of the awarded resources.

grant

Research A sum of money or financial support provided to a worker or researcher for performing innovative or novel work. See Block grant, Matching grant, Medicaid block grant, Modular grant, Noncompeting grant, Research grant, Research project grant, Subgrant.

grant

(grănt) [ME.]

A financial award given to an academic or professional investigator to support his or her research.

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If the foreign recipient organization has a determination letter from the Service, a grant will be treated as if made to a U.

Beware U.S. tax rules on grants to foreign organizations

Applications must be prepared using the most current PHS 398 research grant application instructions and forms.

Pilot and feasibility clinical research grants in kidney or urologic diseases (R21)

Companies determine whether an employee's exercise of an NQSO creates an excess tax benefit or deficiency on a grant-by-grant basis by looking at the compensation expense and related deferred tax asset they recorded for each specific grant to see the amount of deferred tax asset "relieved" from the balance sheet.

Options and the deferred tax bite: just when you thought it couldn't get any more complicated

The evidence-based prevention grant program is an outgrowth of a programs and practice survey conducted by IHEC in conjunction with the Center for Prevention Research and Development at the University of Illinois in the spring of 2002 (Wall, 2002b).

Evaluation of brief alcohol abuse strategies

Just reading the 25-page application was a task Even though she had experience with grant writing, Williams was amazed at how much was required.

Seeking seed money: grants for starting a small business are available through a variety of local sources. Here's how to get them

The controller's report found an appalling lack of oversight in the administration of grant money.

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In order to do this, it will have to get state grant administrators to broaden their understanding of "homeland security" and find a way to package programs to fit into federal mandates for grant spending.

Homeland security dollars don't make cents: billions spent to secure the homeland won't buy real security

a government information technology (IT), engineering, and scientific services provider, has announced a COMMITS award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for its Grants Online program.

STG announces $6.2m award of NOAA Grants Online; STG to design and implement backbone system to facilitate $750m in grants processing

Finally, the funding source monitors and tracks the grant.

Writing a winning grant proposal

Application for a grant CAN ONLY be made online at the RSA website:

Announcing Research Grants for the year 2003 for Renaissance Society of America members

Each grant will be paid in two equal installments, the first upon approval and the second 18 months later.

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In fact, although it's too soon to know for sure, early indications are that the highly touted Cal Grant financial aid program is on track to live up to its potential.

Cal grant program works out the bugs: goal is to provide aid to every California student in need. (Financial Aid Watch)