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5 Mistakes New Federal Grantees Should Avoid federal grant compliance federal grant consultant federal grant management training federal grants foundation grants government grants grants Jul 21, 2025

As a new federal grantee, there are certain pitfalls you must avoid. One of the pitfalls is focusing solely on the programmatic output of the funded project without ensuring your organization's financial management systems are reinforced. Below are five of several mistakes some new federal grantees ...

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OMB’s Proposed Changes That Are Likely To Impact Your Federal Grant cost share de minimis rate federal grant compliance federal grant consultant federal grant procurement federal grant regulations grant consultant grant writer modified total direct costs office of management budget subaward uniform guidance Jul 14, 2025

**Originally published on October 28, 2023**

On October 5, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget released proposed changes to revise several sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements to integrate statutory requirements and administration priorities, reduce agency and recipient burden, ...

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60 Universities' Federal Grants Are At Risk federal grant consultant federal grant fraud federal grant pause federal grant training grant management grant writer Jul 13, 2025

This post was originally published on April 12, 2025 by Grants Works for its Federal Grant Insights newsletter on LinkedIn.

Why Do Universities Receive Federal Grants?

Universities, particularly top research universities such as Columbia, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh, UCLA, a...

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Is USAID Gone? federal grant consultant federal grant training foreign assistance act of 1961 global health international developmentt pepfar us agency for international development usaid Jul 13, 2025

This post was originally published on February 18, 2025 by Grants Works for its Federal Grant Insights newsletter on LinkedIn.

USAID is becoming more and more of a household name these days because it is the first agency that has been significantly restructured by the current administration.

In ju...

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