Jumat, 11 November 2011

Government Grants Information

By Larae Potash


The US government grants usually subjected to a particular project that endorse positive externalities. This project must have positive effect to society more than private benefits. Grants may come from the state government or federal government.

The Federal government grants are usually given to a certain companies and firms instead of the individuals. There are three types of federal grants and they are the Project grants, the Earmark grants and the Formula Grants.

The Project grants are for those companies that do the research programs. A pharmaceutical company that does the researches for an effective drug that can be used to fight a certain disease is a good example of company that qualifies to the project grants. The Earmark grants can be given through legislators. These grants was being added to the bill that the legislators passed which helps the project to get funding which does not require public reviews. This type of grant could easily be abuse by the legislators. The Formula grants were given for funding a certain program as being authorized by the existing law. These funds were the money that the government could use for protecting the forest and other programs that demoting the substance abuse.

The grants issued for individuals that came from a specific state are called State grants. In these grants, promoting the higher education is their priority. It includes the education grant and the college grant.

The Institutions and certain people are both qualify for the education grants. Institution may improve their facilities using this grant while individuals who greatly need the money such as people in the minority community and physically handicapped people may use the money for their college. College grants help the people who are higher achievers to finish their college by means of financial support coming from the government. The Government either pays a portion of their college expenses or they may take on the whole college expenditures which largely depend on a person's case.




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