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Free money that costs you a proposal, a budget, and your sanity.
means A sum of money given (often by a government, institution, or foundation) for a specific purpose, which you don't have to pay back — unlike a loan.
from From Old French 'granter' (to promise, consent, or allow), itself a variant of 'creanter,' rooted in Latin 'credentem' — the same root that gives us 'credit' and 'creed.' At its heart, a grant was simply an act of granting: someone with authority saying 'yes, you may.' Over centuries it narrowed from general consent to the specific bureaucratic ritual of money changing hands after someone with power says yes to your request.
- win rate
- most federal grants fund under 20 percent of applicants
- hidden cost
- writing one can take 40plus unpaid hours
- strings attached
- spend it wrong and you repay every cent
- etymology
- from old french granter meaning to promise