government grants
State-provided financial aid
Government grants are funds awarded by federal, state, or local agencies to individuals, businesses, nonprofits, or researchers for specific purposes.
Unlike loans, grants typically don't require repayment.
They support activities the government wants to encourage: scientific research, small business development, education, arts programs, community projects.
She applied for a government grant to fund her startup.
The application process is often competitive and bureaucratically demanding.
- grant applicationsFormal requests for money
- application deadlineFinal date for submissions
- direct paymentsFunds sent without middlemen
- research fundingMoney for scholarly investigation
- earmarked fundsMoney reserved for particular use
disbursement · free money · appropriations · taxpayer dollars · small business loans · federal funding · matching funds · oversight committees · eligibility criteria · grant-in-aid · healthcare funding · scholarships · endowments · tax revenues · pork barrel · arts councils · public funds · eligibility
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, venture capital, crowdfunding
- funding sourcesloans, savings, donations, scholarships, fellowships
- grantsfunding, awards, allocations, grant writing, grant proposals
- public financepublic debt, budget deficit, tax revenue, budgets, expenditure
- ScholarshipsFulbright, Rhodes, Erasmus, fellowships, bursaries
- conservation fundinggrant funding, public funding, federal funding, state funding, donations
government grantsprivate loans
Non-federal borrowed funds
private investment · private funding · venture capital · corporate sponsorship · angel investment
government grantsgovernment loans
State-issued borrowed funds
federal loans · public debt · student loans · subsidized loans · government-backed loans
government grantsself-funding
Paying one's own way
bootstrapping · organic growth · retained earnings · sweat equity