Geothermal grant program for local governments: revised grant application manual

Local governments with more fiscal and administrative resources are at an advantage for obtaining numerous intergovernmental grants. Although many studies have examined the impact of this local capacity bias on grant getting, there has been minimal research on how grant programs could reduce it. We evaluate the effectiveness of two actions that federal and state grant programs have taken to decrease local capacity bias for economically disadvantaged communities, providing matching fund waivers and preferential scoring. By analyzing grant application, evaluation, and award data for California’s Integrated Regional Water Management Program, we find that matching fund waivers were used by many disadvantaged communities in the grant program. However, awarding extra points to projects that would benefit disadvantaged communities appeared to have no impact on funding decisions due to the extra points being small in number and widely distributed. We discuss how the provisions’ design affects their efficacy and how generalizable the findings are to other grant programs. Overall, our study provides support for having grant programs include matching fund waivers and carefully designed scoring preferences to help reduce local capacity bias in grantsmanship.

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The Nature and Impact of Policy-Induced Partnerships Between Research and Practice Communities

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ◽

10.3102/01623737018003199 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 199-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

J. Bradley Cousins ◽

Marielle Simon

Keyword(s):

Community Of Practice ◽

Large Scale ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Future Research ◽

Grant Application ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Allocation Policy ◽

Grant Program ◽

Grant Allocation

To enhance the relevance and usefulness of social science research, large-scale research grant allocation policies are emphasizing, if not requiring, the formation of research partnerships between researchers and members of the community of practice. The emergence of a revisionist conception of traditional dissemination and utilization theoretical frameworks is consistent with this policy direction, but supportive empirical evidence remains thin. This study reports on a multi-method evaluation of a major Canadian strategic grant program that has such partnership guidelines. Surveys of 74 funded projects and four case profiles and interviews with researchers, members of the community of practice, and grant application adjudicators concerning a strategic grant program called Education and Work in a Changing Society provided the primary basis for investigating the nature and impact of policy-induced partnerships. Results show favorable effects of partnerships on research and dissemination strategies and impact in the practice community, but ideological and pragmatic issues surfaced as inhibitory factors. The results are discussed in terms of implications for the revisionist dissemination and utilization framework, the role of granting agencies and ramifications for future research and grant allocation policy.

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Delays, Detours, and Diversions: Paths to Fully Executed Safe Routes to School Projects

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.3141/2653-03 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2653 (1) ◽

pp. 17-25

Author(s):

Stephanie DiPetrillo ◽

Leigh Ann Von Hagen ◽

Sara Malone ◽

Sean Meehan ◽

Gayathri Shivaraman

Keyword(s):

School Districts ◽

Local Governments ◽

State Governments ◽

Promising Practices ◽

Grant Application ◽

Safe Routes To School ◽

Student Travel ◽

The Way

State governments periodically solicit, review, and award Safe Routes to Schools grants to local governments and school districts that are seeking to make improvements that will improve student travel to and from school. Having endured the process of identifying a worthy project and completing the grant application, these local entities must then execute the specified work. Many communities are successful, but some are not. The research presented in this paper identified promising practices used by those entities that had completed their projects (and had successfully achieved their goals) despite difficulties along the way. The research identified ways in which the grant fulfillment process broke down and how these difficulties may be overcome.

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Report to the Legislature on the California Energy Commission's Geothermal Development Grant Program for Local Governments

10.2172/5488127 ◽

1983 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Local Governments ◽

Grant Program

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To Rebuild or Relocate? Long-Term Mobility Decisions of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Recipients

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13168754 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (16) ◽

pp. 8754

Author(s):

Kijin Seong ◽

Clare Losey ◽

Shannon Van Zandt

Keyword(s):

Social Vulnerability ◽

Local Governments ◽

Hazard Mitigation ◽

Disaster Assistance ◽

Grant Program ◽

The Social ◽

Federal Assistance ◽

Property Acquisition ◽

Policy Discussion

Limited funds and the demand for disaster assistance call for a broader understanding of how homeowners decide to either rebuild or relocate from their disaster-affected homes. This study examines the long-term mobility decisions of homeowners in Lumberton, North Carolina, USA, who received federal assistance from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) for property acquisition, elevation, or reconstruction following Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The authors situate homeowners’ decisions to rebuild or relocate in the context of property attributes and neighborhood characteristics. Logit and probit regressions reveal that homeowners with lower-value properties are less likely to relocate, and those subjected to higher flood and inundation risks are more likely to relocate. Additionally, homeowners in neighborhoods of higher social vulnerability—those with a higher proportion of minorities and mortgaged properties—are more likely to rebuild their disaster-affected homes. The authors discuss homeowners’ mobility decisions in the context of the social vulnerability of neighborhoods. Our results contribute to an ongoing policy discussion that seeks to articulate the housing and neighborhood attributes that affect the long-term mobility decisions of recipients of HMGP assistance. The authors suggest that local governments prioritize the mitigation of properties of homeowners of higher physical and social vulnerability to reduce socioeconomic disparities in hazard mitigation and build equitable community resilience.

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A Toolkit for Developing Effective Projects Under the Federal Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program

10.53847/pznn2279 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Kylie Paul ◽

Anna Wearn ◽

Rob Ament ◽

Elizabeth Fairbank ◽

Zack Wurtzebach

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Infrastructure Investment ◽

Pilot Program ◽

Grant Application ◽

Grant Program ◽

Jobs Act

In November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, now referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which includes multiple provisions related to conserving fish and wildlife. One of the most exciting elements of this historic legislation is a dedicated $350 million competitive grant program called the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program. In order to assist eligible applicants and partners to understand and take advantage of these new funding and policy opportunities, the Center for Large Landscape Conservation’s Corridors & Crossings Program has created “A Toolkit for Developing Effective Projects Under the Federal Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.” The document provides: An overview of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program and other fish and wildlife provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, suggestions for how applicants and their partners can engage, best practices, examples, and resources for designing effective wildlife crossing projects in accordance with each of the grant application criterion of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.

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