academic grants
Scholarly financial awards
Academic grants are funds awarded to support research, study, or educational projects.
Unlike loans, grants don't require repayment.
They come from governments, foundations, universities, or private organizations and typically require an application demonstrating the project's merit: She spent weeks writing her academic grant proposal.
Researchers depend on grants to fund equipment, travel, and personnel.
- indirect costsExpenses not directly attributable
- eligibility criteriaConditions for consideration
- federal fundingMoney allocated by central government
- seed fundingInitial startup capital infusion
- graduate studentsSeekers of advanced degrees
research assistant · peer review · overhead · publications · resource allocation · research funding · financial audits · award letter · faculty members · student scholarships · grant writing · nonprofit organizations · underrepresented groups · grant applications · educational institutions · postdoc · tenure track · dissertation
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
- grantsfunding, awards, allocations, grant writing, grant proposals
- African Educationuniversities, colleges, polytechnics, technical colleges
academic grantsself-funding
Paying one's own way
personal savings · tuition payment · earned income · parental support · private wealth