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Grant Application Process

An overview of the application process in the form of a sequential flowchart. Topics include:

  • External Funding Opportunities
  • Identifying Fundable Ideas
  • Preapplication Information
  • Developing the Proposal
  • Getting Required Signatures
  • Sending Grant Application
Grant Management Process
  • Menu page--An overview of the grant management process in the form of a sequential flowchart
  • Now that I have the grant, what do I do?
FSU Grant Opportunities 
  • Faculty Grant Development Fund
  • Faculty Research Grant Guidelines and Form
  • Professional Development Grant Guidelines and Form
  • Timme Travel Grant
  • Dean's Initiative Grant
External Funding Opportunities
  • Soliciting a Request for Proposal (RFP) and links
  • Federal Agency Grants
  • Federal Search Gateways
  • Finding the Right Grant for your Proposal
  • Private Resources
  • How to Get the Best out of Search Engines
  • Evaluating Web Sites
Budgets
  • Writing your proposal budget
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Ferris Financial Facts

Sample Budgets

  • Criminal Justice Training Grant budget
  • Police Academy Training Grant budget
  • Eisenhower "Connecting with the Learner" budget
Ferris Financial Facts
  • Tax and DUNS Numbers
  • Fringe benefit rates
  • Indirect cost rates
  • Indirect/overhead rate allocation
Proposal Writing Tips
  • Title Page, Abstract, Introduction & Table of Contents
  • Statement of Problem or Need
  • Statement of Objectives
  • Statement of Methods
  • Evaluations
  • Budgets
Forms and Checklists
  • Notice of Intent to Apply for a Grant, with instructions
  • Dean's Approval Checklist, with instructions
  • Notice of Award, with instructions
Grant Glossary
  • FSU post-award glossary
Grant Support, Human Subjects, Animal Care

Who does what in grant support administration

  • Proposal Development
  • Grant Management
  • Ferris Foundation
  • Scholarships
  • Human Subjects Committee
  • Animal Care Committee

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