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Grants, Contracts, RFAs, and RFPs. 1  A grant is a funding mechanism for a particular scientific inquiry that you generate. 2  In contrast, a contract is a funding mechanism of government agencies or other organizations to obtain specified services or goods.
Categorical grants are the most common type of grants given by the federal government to state and local governments, but they are not the only type of grants. There also exist block grants, which are grants given by the federal government directly to local governments with few strings attached.