Chapter 7
Finding Legitimate Grants for Individuals and Businesses
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding who awards grants to individuals
Finding legitimate grants for business startups
Qualifying your research and development efforts for federal grants
Unearthing business-expansion monies
Let me get this out of the way right off the bat: There are no grants for individuals or businesses to pay off old debts. If you’re looking for a grant to fund your startup, it’ll take you months and miracles to locate legitimate websites for these types of grants.
This chapter sets the record straight. Yes, selected types of grants are available for individuals and businesses. But they aren’t as plentiful as you’d think, and you have to be able to hone and use your detective skills on the Internet to find legitimate grantfunding opportunities. I get you started in the following pages.
As is the case with all types of grant monies — whether given by a foundation, corporation, or government grantmaking ...
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