Solicitations announce that funding is available from a sponsor. Additionally, solicitations provide detailed instructions for developing an application, and have many names. Some examples include:

• RFP – Request For Proposals
• RFA – Request For Applications
• FOA – Funding Opportunity Announcement
• BAA – Broad Agency Announcement

The object of writing a grant is to secure funding.

A solicitation is a recipe that tells you how to develop your proposal to secure that funding.

If one does not follow the recipe, the sponsor could consider the submitted proposal non-compliant and return the proposal without review.

To learn more about solicitation review, register in myTraining for RSH202 Solicitation Review & Proposal Development.

Remember to read (and re-read) the guidelines, the funding announcement (FOA) or request for proposal (RFP). Every one is different — even if they come from the same agency.