Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Learn More Things In Order To Be Qualified When Applying In US Government Grants

By Bao Hazekamp


Are you looking for government agencies that give grants for specific? It will really take a lot of effort, time and lots of researches for you to be eligible to have US government grants. This article will give ideas if you are entitled or not to have it. The common site that you can check out is Grants.gov. This site enables you to be routed on a genuine site for availing such grants.

Do you really know what government grants mean? Based on the researches, US Government is not giving away free grant money. According to Jay M. Shafritz, author of American Government and Politics, a grant is "A form of gift that entails certain obligations on the part of the grantee and expectations on the part of the grantor." Therefore, people who are availing such grant have an obligation that he or she needs to perform in order to meet the expectation of the government to its people. This obligation includes legal matters where in if you fail to do it, legal process will take place.

At present, organizations and institutions are the common grantees of the government grants. States and local governments are also included. These grantees are executing major projects that will suffice the needs of the society. Check this one good example; in a depressed area, projects are being implemented to create a center of attention for businesses that will create a productive society that will give revenue to the government for its progress. These grantees are subject to government's standards and supervision during the length of time provided to them.

Every year, it is a must that organizations that avail grants must submit annual reports about the audits of their expenses to fulfill their projects.

Many people are not aware that they need to return any money back to the Treasury if they don't need it anymore or if they met and were able to buy all the expenses that they need to buy. Failure on the part of the recipient of grants to do all necessary functions and standards will be subject to penalties of improper usage of public funds. It is also considered as theft, stealing the public funds.




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