Not necessarily. Although you are free to request the maximum available under the grants, in order to increase the number of grants funded each year, the Grant Committee may choose to fund parts of your grant, or specific items listed in your budget.

If you have submitted a proposal, you will be notified of the status of your submission by the end of July, 2006. If you do not hear from us, please email Meggan Scavio.

Yes, if the proposal is extremely strong and provides a compelling reason to fund a proposal above the upper limit, EPA may select that grant. In the past, EPA has awarded a grant to an applicant for an amount greater than the upper limit. All applications are initially reviewed for meeting the threshold requirements using the eligibility criteria (Section III) after which regional reviewers will conduct an initial relevancy review.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has a guidance booklet on their website that details the criteria for submitting proposals for Brownfields grant funds. Most of the communities and organizations throughout the state of Florida that have written successful USEPA grant proposals maintain membership with the FBA. Any one of them, as well as various consultants, would be happy to assist you in writing your proposal.

Rose Community Foundation considers receipt of your proposal the beginning of a relationship. Once your proposal is complete and addresses a priority within our grantmaking program, it will be assigned to program staff for review. A program officer will talk with you further and may request a meeting. In the course of the proposal review, applicants are also requested to share with the program officer any new information that may significantly affect the proposed project.

Not always; grants involving human or animal subjects must be processed through RGP. Most foundation grants can be processed through RGP, however, several major foundations have been cultivated by UFF and will need to be processed through UFF rather than RGP. When in doubt, please contact Judy Harris, DSR, at jaharris@ufl.edu or (352) 392-9267.

The proposal should be one page and include your email address, your Google Gadget URL, ideas about how to improve your current qualifying gadget, and time estimate for development.

We do not write grant proposals. We do however provide you with the best and most up to date grant writing software on the market. You may use this software to write your grant. The software contains Grant Writing exercises so that you can easily complete the process on your own.

No, you do not have to register in order to have your submission accepted. You may register once you receive notification in mid-March 2007, and still be eligible for the Early Bird registration rates if you register before March 31, 2007.

The selection committee will notify you after it has made its decision on class offerings, in mid- March 2007.

The J.C. Downing Foundation is a private nonoperating foundation that supports a variety of philanthropic projects through grants to qualified nonprofit organizations. Includes application requirements. The web site also offers access to foundation resources useful to both grantmakers and grantseeker. These resources include general guidance for grantseekers, foundation-related definitions, recommended reading, information about nonprofit organizations, and links to other foundations.

Besides our Grant Resource Center, open during regular library hours, there are two other Foundation Center Libraries in Massachusetts:

In a few cases, grant proposals will be administratively declined because the request falls clearly outside foundation guidelines or for lack of foundation funds. In this case, the requester will be notified of the declination as soon as possible. In all other cases, final disposition will be given to requesters within one week of the next quarterly meeting. Dispositions may include approval, declination, or deferral to a future board meeting.

No. First, we can't necessarily predict which one is most likely to be funded. Second, we think prioritizing needs for submitting grants is part of the work of an organization. back to top

It depends on the particular project. In general, applicants should propose what makes the most sense for their particular project and fits within the budgetary guidelines outlined in the RFA. As always, applicants are encourage to pose specific questions to one of the scientific contacts, Drs. Mabry and Onken.

A grant proposal is not considered a public disclosure until it is available to the public for review. Most grant requests are confidential and are not considered public disclosures, but others are made public by their inclusion in a file system available for public review. To prevent inadvertent disclosure, we can quickly file a provisional patent application before you formally submit your grant proposal. Please give us at least two weeks' advance notice.

In developing and managing our Initiatives, Commitments, and special opportunities, Foundation staff research organizations as potential contributors to fill specific niches and achieve the outcomes within our Program areas. Once potential projects have been identified, the Foundation may request a formal proposal.

Only the IRS has the authority to grant a settlement to the taxpayer. However, long before ever sending anything to the IRS, we take you through a brief interview in order to determine what, if any, type of settlement you qualify for. Because we adhere to the highest ethical standards, Professional Tax Settlements will never submit a settlement proposal for someone if we know they don't qualify. Simply put, if we can't help you, then we don't want you to hire us.

Due to the volume of entries and to protect the integrity of the judging process, we are unable to provide individual feedback on rejected proposals at this time.