New Grants Tips, Articles and Resources
October 31, 2008 by Guest Author
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Tip of the day: Stay away from the scams. Use this grants source to find the real grants.
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October 31, 2008 by Guest Author
Filed under Grants Updates
This has been a great week at About-Grants.com. As usual, I've added some helpful Grants content for you below.
BIG HINT: Have you run into a brick wall trying to find the real grants (not the scams)? Try this website.
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You'll find this week's Grants articles especially useful:
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I hope you found this content useful. I've got some great things planned in the coming days, including answering subscribers' Grants-related questions. And, if you have a specific question you would like to ask about Grants, please post it in the comments. I'll do my best to either answer it myself, or find an answer for you.
Ariele Gregerson, Editor
Grants-relevance and Prospects
October 30, 2008 by Guest Author
Filed under Grantwriting
There are several organizations, committees, and non profit groups working for a social cause or upliftment of society, poor people, or people affected of natural calamities or wars. All these works need lot of money, manpower and efforts. Governments of all countries provide funds for such social causes; these funds are known as Grants. Grants are not benefits or entitlements; it is a kind of financial assistance from governments, trusts, or organizations to a recipient agency to accomplish social purpose of support or stimulation authorized by the law.
Grant Categories and Recipients
State Governments, local governments, administrative bodies, and non profit organizations engaged in specific and accepted areas of operations, are eligible for grants. These accept areas for which grants are entitled are:
1. Disaster Prevention and Relief
2. Humanities
3. Food and Nutrition
4. Community Development
5. Employment, Labor and Training
6. Environmental Issues
7. Education, Health and Housing
8. Agriculture, Business and Commerce
9. Natural Resources
10. Science and Technology
11. Law, Justice and Legal Services
Apart from above specified categories, there are several other categories for which grants are entitled to operating agencies.
Grants for Small Business
Small Businesses and small level organizations which complies rules and guidelines set by Grant Commissions and seeking for funds to fund their various needs and set up their work are also entitled to these Grants. In some cases grants are also awarded to individuals, but there are restrictions applied to grants, like an individual cannot apply for a grant meant for organizations only.
In United States, federal bodies like Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), NASA, Homeland Securities, Department of Justice and Department of Education are major Grant providers.
These grants are really helpful for mankind in several ways. Grants provided by Department of Health and Human Services to serve people suffering from several life long diseases like Aids, Breast Cancer, and others have really helped millions of people in gaining their lost momentum of life. Aids provided for Disaster Prevention and Relief has served Tsunami affected people worldwide. Grants provided to agencies working for environment protection helped in generating awareness about ill effects of pollution, deforestation and urbanization. Several Small Business got benefited through these grants and spread their wings in various segments of their business.
Thanks to Atom Grant for contributing this article to our grants blog:
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Looking for Scholarships? Use the Net
October 30, 2008 by Guest Author
Filed under Scholarships
Many people want to gain a college education. Unfortunately, this is not financially attainable for all. However, there is a solution; college scholarships.
Scholarships for college give future students the means for paying for school. There are a few ways to find college scholarships but perhaps the best way is to do so online.
The Internet is used every day for many reasons and one such reason is to locate scholarships. It may be hard to get started but there are easy ways to do so, such as via search engines.
You can use one of many different search engines to find what you are looking for with regard to college scholarships. Yahoo and Google provide good starting points. Simply enter in phrases such as “college scholarship” or “scholarships for college” and your answers will quickly appear.
Once you have the results in front of you, the next step in the chore of finding the best college scholarships online is to narrow down the options to the best choices. Peruse the selections and see which ones stand out to you the most. Look for key terms pertaining to your strengths, such as those scholarships which target sports players if you play sports or top notch students if you are searching for an academic-based scholarship. Looking for key terms on the scholarship sites will help you to focus in on the best ones.
You should also keep in mind the deadlines attached to the different college scholarships. Doing so will help you to find the best ones. Apply for scholarships online when deadlines have not passed yet.
Noting the scholarship amounts will also aid in the decision-making process. Certain scholarship funds will be less than what you need and so small in fact to make applying for such a scholarship not worth the time, as these can sometimes be time consuming. However, if any amount is good for you, then it may be worth it to apply.
Last but not least, make sure the college scholarship you find online is one you are able to apply for as certain scholarships will have specific requirements and restrictions attached to them.
Applying for Financial Aid: Not Hard at All
October 30, 2008 by Guest Author
Filed under About Grants
In 2007-2008, tuition at independent colleges averaged nearly $24,000 a year; public university tuition was about a quarter of that (for in-state students), and community college tuition cost most students a little under $2,500 annually.
In fact, college costs are increasing at between 4% and more than 6% annually, but the good news is that financial aid is increasing as well.
And, you should apply for some of that aid.
Approximately 2/3 of students receive federal aid each year. This aid comes in the form of grants and subsidized loans. The average student attending a two-year institution received $2,040 in such aid in 2007-2008. The average student at a four-year public institution received $3,600, and students attending four-year colleges were awarded, on average, $9,300 in federal aid.
The amount of federal grant aid and subsidized loans for which a student is eligible is calculated after an analysis of the information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which students applying for federal aid programs are required to file.
There are other kinds of scholarships and grants available from states, colleges, and various organizations which require a student to have a completed FAFSA, so be sure to take care of the FAFSA as soon as you can.
College and university financial aid offices will gladly help you apply for federal, state, and other kinds of financial aid. And, don’t forget the wealth of financial aid and scholarship information you can find on the internet. Just try a search for “financial aid”, “college scholarships” or “scholarships” and you’ll see.
When filling out your FAFSA, you’ll be asked to provide information on income and assets. If you are a dependent student, you’ll also need to answer questions about your parents’ finances. Either way, the questions are very straightforward.
You can fill out your FAFSA online or use the paper application which is available in any high school guidance office in the country. Submitting the FAFSA online is probably the better idea, as it allows you to make changes, if necessary, more quickly and easily.
That’s it. Forget about the horror stories you may have heard. Just complete your FAFSA carefully and on time and you’ll have no problems at all.
