Government Grants
Any federal contract would have to go through www.grants.gov (searchable, key word search)
Federal Registration: any entity or action that is passed through govt is recorded in registry
RFPs and RFAs (Federal Registry Announcement & Dept Description of that information)
Federal Registry is best place to find details about funding grants.
NSF website has a nice engine for investigating RFAs www.nsf.gov (get number and search on grants.gov)
National Department of Education
Go to State Govt website and search for grants. You need to know someone in order to be alerted.
IRIS database (Illinois Research Institute System) - BYU pays for a subscription
All university grants need to go through approval process of department and university first
All grants that have work with human subjects need approval of IRB
30-60 days is release of announcement of RFP
Grant writing is different than scholarly writing
Need for scholarly support
Write to a distinct set of criteria (which means different language)
A faculty member that tries to go it alone may leave out essential nuances of the grant lingo
BYU's F&A On Campus Indirect Cost is 50% Off-Campus Indirect costs is 28% (>120 days away)
Budget
Personnel
Benefits
Capital Equipment >$5,000 per item
Supplies <$5,000 per item
Travel (Air tickets, food, hotel)
Stipend (Training for participation, subsistence allowance)
Contractual (consultants)
F&A (Facilitites and Administration)
BYU uses a modified indirect costs (BYU only takes FA on the first $25K of the total of all contractual work); there is no F&A on stipend. Put as much into contractual embed travel costs in the contractual agreement.
Division at BYU dedicated to grant disbursement
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