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Source of Funding

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Source of Funding

           Grants.gov shall be the source of funding for the Request for Proposal. Grants.gov is

government managed site that offers federal funds to various types of organizations and

individuals in sponsoring relative programs. Grants.gov is the best choice owing to the multiple

benefits that come with it. Some of these advantages include its culture of assisting the grant

community in extensively learning about open opportunities by centralizing multiple chances on

their web (https://www.grants.gov/web/grants) for individuals and organizations across the

nation to apply (Grants.gov, 2020). Additionally, the site facilitates interactions with the federal

government, eliminating the need to use complex processes to acquire federal grants. It further

simplifies grant application, thereby assisting applicants in saving hassle, costs, and time

(Grants.gov, 2020). Markedly, through Grants.gov, applicants quickly research and access

information on prevailing grant opportunities. The site also allows for an easy electronic grant

application, which reduces or eliminates the need for tiresome paperwork and enhances the

efficiency of features on the web. Most importantly, the processes are secure and trustworthy,

making it a reliable source for the federal grant application. 

The Purpose and Mission of the Entity Sponsoring the RFP

Mission

Provide a common website for federal agencies to post discretionary funding

opportunities and grantees to find and apply them (Grants.gov, 2020).

Purpose

           To financially assist by stimulating and support the accomplishment of a public purpose.

Awards from Grants.gov consist of grants and other bargains like money or property in place of
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money, which is offered to an eligible recipient by the federal government (Grants.gov, 2020).

This, however, excludes terminologies or anything related to technical assistance.  

The Active Grant for Which the RFP Will Be Completed With a Brief Synopsis of the

Instructions

           One of the active grants for which this RFP shall be completed is PD-20-166Y

Innovation: Research Methods National Science Foundation. The grant is categorized under the

Science and Technology and other Research and Development. The proposal dates open for

application unrestricted as well as the closing date, which means that the proposal sare accepted

at any given time unless stated otherwise (Grants.gov, 2020). Additionally, the eligibility for

applicants is unlimited to any subject/discipline. Per the synopsis, one may also make further

clarification while making the application fully conversant with the guidelines. 

           The National Science Foundation supports the grants. Under the descriptions provided, it

is ascertained that innovative and novel laboratory or any other field-based approaches, which

have that probability of causing the impactful transformation, bringing new and imperative

insights into the processes of biology and can potentially be applied to biology receive strong

support from The Research Methods Programmatic Area (Grants.gov, 2020). As such, proposed

projects might encompass methodologies for the laboratory or field connected to any biological

occurrences such as the ecosystem, molecular, organismal, cellular, or biome (Grants.gov, 2020).

The topics, which are not classified under this including scaling, optimization, or refinement of

the prevailing project methodologies. 

           The scope to be used on the proposed innovative study methodology can encompass any

method of measurement, analysis, or perturbation of biological systems on the field or the

laboratory. The projects' ultimate expectation is that they entail significant scientific questions
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that can benefit society and can be studied further by a scientist or future scholars beyond a

single research team (Grants.gov, 2020). Individuals with any information are encouraged to

make contact via links provided on the site. Grants.gov is a legate source of funds for the RFP

and can be trusted to develop the proposal. Through this grant, as such, the RFP shall become

successful. 
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References

Grants.gov. (2020). Home. Home | GRANTS.GOV. https://www.grants.gov/web/grants