GPA History
This annual event brings grant professionals together for education and network.
What is the GPA Annual Conference?
When the federal government provides funding to a non-federal entity to carry out a public purpose, it awards this.
What is a Grant?
These three letters identify a Grant Professional Certified credential holder.
What is GPC?
This term means an organization is barred from receiving federal grants or contracts.
What is debarment?
Federal funds given to states/communities automatically to be spent within broad, flexible guidelines.
What are block grants?
Standard 11-digit numerical code used in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to identify and track individual federal grant programs.
What is an Assistance Listing Number (formerly known as a CFDA number)?
Years you need to wait to request GPC recertification.
What is 3 years?
Portion of the project costs the grant recipient is required to contribute or match using their own non-federal funds.
What is cost sharing or a matching requirement?
Funding automatically awarded according to a formula established by law.
What are formula grants?
A unique 12-character alphanumeric identifier for grant applicants and recipients
What is a Unique Entity ID (UEI)?
This type of activity earns continuing education points for GPC renewal.
What is professional development (training, conferences, webinars, etc.)?
Administrative expenses shared across multiple programs.
What are indirect costs?
These grants are awarded based on merit and competition.
What are competitive grants?
The federal regulations governing most federal grant awards are found here.
What is 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance)?
The organization that granted accredited the GPCI and the GPC credential.
What is the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)?
This audit is generally required when a non-federal entity expends more than the federal threshold in federal awards during its fiscal year.
What is a Single Audit?
These grants support research and development.
What are research grants?
This document announces funding opportunities and explains how to apply.
What is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)?
The minimum number of points that you need to earn in multiple categories to be recertified.
What is 105 points?
These costs must be reasonable, necessary, allocable, and consistently treated.
What are allowable costs?
These awards provide funding that recipients distribute to other organizations.
What are pass-through awards (or prime awards with subawards)?