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Research grant writing is the process of developing competitive funding proposals for federal agencies and foundations. Master agency-specific requirements, review criteria, narrative structure, budget preparation, and compliance for NSF (National Science Foundation), NIH (National Institutes of Health), DOE (Department of Energy), and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) submissions.

Search the Illinois Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) for currently-posted funding opportunities by keyword, issuing agency, CSFA number, or award range — returns grant name, formal CSFA number, agency, posting period, award range, funding type, eligibility tags, unwrapped application-portal URL (AmpliFund / native CSFA NOFO), and attached NOFO PDF links. Read-only.

Enumerate U.S. DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance funding opportunities (currently open or closed/expired) as structured JSON via the public funding-api JSON endpoint — title, opportunity ID, status, solicitation type, topics, deadlines, eligible applicants, and NOFO PDF URL — with client-side filtering on keyword, topic, applicant type, and date range.