The Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking Executive Order (EO) released by the White House on August 7, 2025 lays out new guidelines on how grant funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) will be monitored and released, how federal grant applications will be...
If you’re a grant manager, sponsored research administrator, or another aptly titled post-award specialist, you likely have had to cite regulations or award terms to provide additional clarity about a specific requirement. I recently had to cite several areas of...
Grant readiness is more than an exercise in checking items on a checklist. It is the organization’s readiness to competitively apply for grants, finalize the awarding process, and manage the grant. Instead of you having to peruse multiple sources to determine if the...
The System for Award Management (SAM.gov) is an official website of the U.S. federal government to register to do business with the government. Doing business with the government includes being a recipient of federal grants and cooperative agreements. An organization...
It is no surprise that with the contracted economy in 2020 and 2021 that state and local revenues fell. In a September 2020 report, the Brookings Institution projected that state and local government revenues would decline by $155 billion in 2020 and $167 billion in...
