Grants 101
This is what the receiver of the grant is called.
Who is the grantee?
Standards for determining whether costs can be charged to a federal award
What is Allowable, allocable, and reasonable?
This acronym represents the central rules for federal awards: 2 CFR 200.
What is OMB - Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance?
What department manages the BIA Invasive Species - Wildlife grant?
What is DOC - Fish & Wildlife?
BIA
What is Bureau of Indian Affairs?
Where can a Grant come from? (Give one example)
What is the national government, your state/ Local Government, your college/ career school, a private or nonprofit organization?
Expenses clearly linked to a specific project activity
What is Direct costs?
This type of cost cannot be charged to a grant no matter what.
What is unallowable costs?
What department/program manages EPA Water Pollution Control program grant?
What is ERD - Water Quality program?
EPA
What is Environmental Protection Agency?
Grants differ from these because they must be repaid to the lender, often with interest.
What are loans?
Term for funds that must be returned if not used within the award period:
What is Unspent (or unobligated) funds / Deobligation?
These costs cannot be easily tied to one specific project and require an approved rate.
What is indirect costs?
What department/program manages the Tribal Climate Resilience grant?
What is EPO - Climate Program?
FEMA
What is Federal Emergency Management Agency?
This term refers to the restrictive encouragement of specific behaviors, something that grants defy.
What is coerciveness?
This registration system verifies entity identity for federal funding.
What is SAM.gov (System for Award Management)?
What department/program manages the BIA Invasive Species - Vegetation grant?
What is DOC-Forestry program?
USFWS
What is U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
What does the acronym NOFO stand for?
What is Notice of Funding Opportunity?
Standard form for most federal grant applications:
What is SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)?
This document must be submitted when requesting changes to budget or scope.
What is Prior approval request or amendment (e.g., budget modification request)
What department manages the NFWF Seminole Native Land Restoration grant?
What is DOC?
DOI