TO: Grant Writer Dud
Author:
Date: 12-17-2021 - 11:31
Grant Writer Dude wrote:
"In other words, just because a program for funding projects exists doesn't automatically mean the funding is available when someone writes a grant. "
I could tell you why your prop went in the round file (before it was even read by a human), it is xmas though.
"that someone" has a title. Figure that out and it will solve your first problem!
Grant Writer Dude Wrote:
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> From Thurston Wrote:
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> There are plenty of TIGER
> > and other federal grants out there to help
> cover
> > the cost of rebuilding publicly owned
> railroads.
> > You just have to apply for them or hire a grant
> > writer to do it for you.
>
> The TIGER program was created and administered
> during the Obama presidency. After that, the
> program became BUILD. The Biden Administration
> transformed the program to RAISE.
>
> This spring and summer, I was very busy compiling
> an application for a rail transit project for
> submission to the RAISE program. It is highly
> competitive. This year, the amount of funds
> requested for projects exceeded funding available
> in the RAISE program by a ratio of ten to one.
> The project which I submitted was not among those
> selected. More information about the RAISE
> program can be found on this website.
>
> US DOT RAISE website
>
> In other words, just because a program for funding
> projects exists doesn't automatically mean the
> funding is available when someone writes a grant.