The first step in this process is to visit www.grants.gov on this site you will find the launch pad for almost everything you will need in researching and applying for government grants. Go to Apply For Grants link and click on “prepare to apply for grants”. Under the heading Register to Submit Applications you will need complete the following three tasks. This is the process you’ll be required to perform before having an opportunity to submit any proposals. This process involves setting up and registering your business and your company, point of contact and getting verification through a Registered Credential Provider. The entire process is stated to take about 1-2 weeks according to the site, but you should plan for about 3-5 weeks.

  Second step will be to register for email notification of grant opportunities and this can be done from the home page under the heading Find Grant Opportunities. This step can be done at anytime, but please keep in mind that although an effort is made on the part of the site administrators to confine the offerings to your specifications you’ll still be receiving a lot of unwanted opportunities. We make the suggestion for subscribing to this service early in the process so you can start to see what is available, but also recommend that you unsubscribe within about four weeks because the amount of meaningless information will have an adverse affect on your overall research program. You can always restate your subscription at a latter time.

  From the current home page: Under the heading, Find Grant Opportunities go to Resources for Grants. From this point on you will be given the links that you should follow. At times, important information will be included and will be noted. Again it is wise to remember that knowing where not to go is going to of far greater value than knowing where to go. This is said to keep you from falling from the intended path and we do guarantee that you will be tempted to do just that, but unless you have unlimited time and energy it would be wise to go where we direct you.

Grants.gov

Find Grant Opportunities

Resources for Grants

  Under Related Links: Go to Types of Grants. You will find the links to each of the government agencies, and we will descend this list directing you to only those links of importance. We will indicate ( Time to go Home) as your cue to return back to the Types of Grants page.

Agriculture   Note at the end of each thread we will indicate ( STOP) at this point include the final page on your favorites list and then return back to Agriculture page

Cooperative State, Research, Education and Extension Service

Funding Opportunities

Biobased Products and Bioenergy

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Note: The reason for directing you through an entire thread as opposed to just giving you the web address is because each of these agencies and departments will have some rules and guidelines outside of the basics covered in your original application registry, and it is important for you to know where to find this information.

Rural Business Cooperative Service

Business Programs

Programs

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programs

What is the Section 9006 Program

7 CFR Part 4280

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Rural Utilities Service

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Home

Grant programs  Note these programs change often and there are many that can be applied to alternative energy, so be sure to include this thread in your checklist frequently.

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Business and Commerce

Economic Development Administration

Funding Opportunities

Federal Funding Opportunities and other Notices

FY 2006 Economic Development Assistance Programs  ( PDF)

Public Works and Economic Development Programs  Note: This funding only available through partnerships with community organizations.

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Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Note: Go to search ED.gov heading and type in 84.327C

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Return to ED.gov page

Quick Click/ Select Topic

Technology

Under ( Also See)

Engineering

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Energy

Follow Link to EERE

Note: This site for the Department of Energy will include direction to all current and available grant opportunities within the AE sector. We did not include direction to each section of this site due to the overwhelming amount of information. You are best served by choosing the link that corresponds to your specific field and following each of the links that are provided.

  You should spend a substantial amount of time on the EERE site to learn more about the many AE related offerings. Don’t fear that your independent search will overlook potential opportunities because any of the critical ones that we feel have a broad appeal will show up in latter sections of the guide.

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Office of Science 

Grant Solicitation Notices

Note: The following 6 solicitations should be reviewed for feasibility.

DE-FG02-06ER06-12/ DE-FG02-06ER06-13/ DE-PS02-06ER06-14/ DE-FG02-06ER06-15/ DE-FG02-06ER06-16/ DE-PS02-06ER06-17

  Return to the Resources page of Grants.gov and view at leisure some other helpful links related to assistance programs. We do encourage you to spend some time getting to learn some of the offerings on these sites, but they are not directly related to our mission in this guide.

Heading, Related Links:

Foundation Resources

1.      Benefits for Individuals at GovBenefits.gov

2.      Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

3.      Federal Business Opps