Looking for federal grants or loans for small business development, education and training, food and nutrition programs, or flood control? How about help for community development programs, childcare, or mental health research?

The U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Governmentwide Policy has made it easier to access the most recent and accurate information on Federal assistance programs with its new world wide web version of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance at http://www.cfda.gov.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance website also features a guide to writing grant proposals, a list of Federal agencies providing assistance programs with links to agency web sites, and an introduction to the Catalog and types of assistance available from the Federal Government.

The Catalog's database contains information submitted by 57 Federal departments and agencies on over 1,800 Federal programs. These programs include grants, loans, loan guarantees, scholarships, mortgage ...

If you've heard about Federal Grants and always wanted to apply for one, this section will introduce you to the Federal Grant program.

The first place to look for federal grants is the government, which provides the largest number of grants to businesses and other organizations. An excellent and comprehensive place to begin your search for a federal grant is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, or CFDA. This catalog offers 15 different types of federal domestic assistance, including formula grants and project grants. Formula grants are given to states "in accordance with distribution formulas," and project grants provide funds for "specific projects . . . [which] can include . . . research grants, training grants, . . . technical assistance grants . . . and construction grants"

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This site also gives information on how to apply for federal assistance. Essentially you use the search engine to find programs which will ...

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