Frequent
Questions
1. What are the benefits of writing a grant?
Ultimately, a grant can help your academic career in several ways: making
an important breakthrough in your field; development of your list of accomplishments
for promotion and tenure consideration; bringing additional resources, such
as equipment, to your department; providing the opportunity for students to
participate in a funded project; funding research that will result in an article
or book; building a reputation in your field; contributing to the stock of
knowledge in your field; accomplishment of a research project with special
interest to you, and so on.
2. What do Foundations and Corporate
Grantmakers Look for in a Grantee?
Funding officials will first determine whether the purpose of an organization
or project matches their interests. For related information, visit the Foundation
Center's Online Orientation
to the Grantseeking Process.
3. What are Indirect costs, also known
as Facilities and Administrative(F&A) costs, and what is the current rate?
Indirect costs are the total cost to the college of providing the infrastructure
to enable staff to undertake research. These costs
are added to the direct costs of a project to indicate the full cost of the
research. Indirect costs may include: cost of providing space; technical or
clerical support; computing; printing; library support; electricity, and so
on.
4. What is a Matching Grant?
Also known as a challenge grant, this type of grant is made to match funds
provided by another donor. A match is sometimes required by funders and proves
the college's commitment to a project. The match may come in many forms, such
as equipment, another awarded grant, or cash. Funders will specify their policies
on matching funds.
5. What can I do to get started?
You may use this site's Current Competitions
page to get ideas for a project. If you already have an idea for a project,
begin by identifying potential grantmakers and determining whether they might
be interested in supporting your project. The Grantmakers
page on this site lists several charitable organizations and their general
interests, and provides links to their sites. However, you may find attitional
funding sources by conducting your own search. Resources for finding grantmakers
to fund your project can
be found on the Links for Grantseekers page.
Determine whether there are impending deadlines for requests for funding and
whether they require a letter of inquiry, a completed application form, or
a full proposal. The next step will be writing the grant. Salem State's Grant
Office can help you at each and every stage of the grantseeking process.
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