Funding Opportunity Announcement
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A funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is a notice in Grants.gov of a federal grant
funding opportunity.
Funding opportunity announcements can be found at Grants.gov/FIND and this website lets organizations apply for grants for over 1,000 grant
programs from 26 federal agencies
.
Each FOA includes instructions -- a Grant Application Guide, and forms -- a Grant Application Package.
makes known its intentions to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements, usually as a result of competition for funds. Funding opportunity announcements may be known as program announcements, requests for applications, notice
s of funding availability, solicitation
s, or other names depending on the agency and type of program.
assigns to its grant announcement.
FON are currently unique within the Grants.Gov System, (an
enhancement is currently in the works that will allow duplicate funding opportunity numbers
within the system but they must still be unique within an Agency/Sub Agency.)
It must not have special characters other than a “-“ (dash) in the number.
Grant (money)
Grants are funds disbursed by one party , often a Government Department, Corporation, Foundation or Trust, to a recipient, often a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual. In order to receive a grant, some form of "Grant Writing" often referred to as either a proposal...
funding opportunity.
Funding opportunity announcements can be found at Grants.gov/FIND and this website lets organizations apply for grants for over 1,000 grant
Grant (money)
Grants are funds disbursed by one party , often a Government Department, Corporation, Foundation or Trust, to a recipient, often a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual. In order to receive a grant, some form of "Grant Writing" often referred to as either a proposal...
programs from 26 federal agencies
Federal agency
Federal agency may refer to:*United States federal agencies—see List of United States federal agencies*Federal agency -See also:*Government agency*Statutory corporation*Statutory Agency*Crown corporation*Government-owned corporation...
.
Each FOA includes instructions -- a Grant Application Guide, and forms -- a Grant Application Package.
Overview
FOA is a publicly available document by which a U.S. Federal agencyFederal agency
Federal agency may refer to:*United States federal agencies—see List of United States federal agencies*Federal agency -See also:*Government agency*Statutory corporation*Statutory Agency*Crown corporation*Government-owned corporation...
makes known its intentions to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements, usually as a result of competition for funds. Funding opportunity announcements may be known as program announcements, requests for applications, notice
Notice
Notice is the legal concept in which a party is made aware of a legal process affecting their rights, obligations or duties. There are several types of notice: public notice , actual notice, constructive notice, and implied notice....
s of funding availability, solicitation
Solicitation
Literally, solicitation means: 'urgently asking'. It is the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal. In criminal law, it most commonly refers to either the act of offering goods or services, or the act of attempting to purchase such goods or services...
s, or other names depending on the agency and type of program.
Program Announcement (PA)
Identifies areas of increased priority and/or emphasis on particular funding mechanisms for a specific area of science .Request for Application (RFA)
Identifies a more narrowly defined area for which one or more agencies have set aside funds for awarding grants.Request for Proposal (RFP)
Solicits contract proposals. An RFP usually has one receipt date, as specified in RFP solicitationNotice (NOT)
Announces policy and procedures, changes to RFA or PA announcements, RFPs and other general information items.NIH
NIH and other HHS Agencies have developed omnibus Parent Announcements for common grant mechanisms that have transitioned to electronic submission, for use by applicants who wish to submit what were formerly termed “unsolicited” or "investigator-initiated" applications.Funding Opportunity Number
Funding Opportunity Numbers (FON) is a number that a federal agencyFederal agency
Federal agency may refer to:*United States federal agencies—see List of United States federal agencies*Federal agency -See also:*Government agency*Statutory corporation*Statutory Agency*Crown corporation*Government-owned corporation...
assigns to its grant announcement.
FON are currently unique within the Grants.Gov System, (an
enhancement is currently in the works that will allow duplicate funding opportunity numbers
within the system but they must still be unique within an Agency/Sub Agency.)
It must not have special characters other than a “-“ (dash) in the number.
See also
- Program Announcement (PA)
- Request for Application (RFA)
- Request for ProposalRequest for ProposalA request for proposal is issued at an early stage in a procurement process, where an invitation is presented for suppliers, often through a bidding process, to submit a proposal on a specific commodity or service. The RFP process brings structure to the procurement decision and is meant to...
(RFP) - NoticeNoticeNotice is the legal concept in which a party is made aware of a legal process affecting their rights, obligations or duties. There are several types of notice: public notice , actual notice, constructive notice, and implied notice....
(NOTNotNot is the general declarative form of no, indicating a negation of a related statement which it usually precedes. "Not" may refer to:* Not!, an expression used as a contradiction, especially during the early 1990s...
)
External links
- http://www.grants.gov
- http://search.engrant.com
- FON.