Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-38).

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1992. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Theses (M.S.)--Marshall University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains xxiv, 76 p. Bibliography: p. 72-76.

This project updated the California State University, San Bernardino's Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization's Solicitation Management System (SMS) software, used to facilitate the processing of grant proposal solicitations. The SMS software update improved the interface so that it is more user-friendly, increased the processing speed, and added additional functions necessary to comply with new requirements. The software was rewritten using the Spring and Hibernate frameworks.

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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Education in the Department of Foundations of Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2015 / The study set out to investigate the importance of co-operation in an evaluation of grants handling in schools. The following objectives were formulated: (a) To evaluate effectiveness of the current systems in handling grants in schools in Ilembe district, Lower Tugela circuit in uMhlali and kwaDukuza ward in KZN. (b) To propose effective strategies to improve partnership between Department of Social Development and Department of Basic Education in handling social grants in schools. In order to investigate the aims of the study of evaluation of handling grants, questionnaires were distributed to educators, social workers and parents. The instrument was administered to a sample of 90 respondents consisting of educators, social workers and parents in Groutville area, KwaDukuza ,in KwaZulu Natal. Data was analyzed and interpreted. The study came to the following conclusions: 1. The majority of educators feel that school grants handling is ineffective as learners on grants are not attending school satisfactorily 2. The study also concluded that caregivers are only interested in social grants and not in assisting learners with their school work. 3. The majority of learners on grants do not perform well in schoolwork because of conflict between the relatives, caregivers and learners, and as a consequence, their performances and progress in their schoolwork are affected. 4. Most parents that are caregivers lack support and assistance from the Department of Social Development with regard to the challenges that they face owing to lost or misplaced documents. 5. The study indicates that there are households that are unattended and where orphans suffer because it is not clear who is responsible for them. 6. The study also concludes that schools do not clearly provide support with regard to the learners and caregivers as far as grants are concerned. vi 7. Social development officials do not visit schools as required; they collect information about the learners by means of forms submitted by parents. 8. Learners who are mothers that are still attending school are left behind with schoolwork as they have to collect their grant payments during school time. 9. There is a need for improvement in the present handling mechanisms or systems of grants at schools. 10. It is necessary to develop close teamwork in handling these grants for the benefit of the learners 11. The current ways of handling grants in schools are not effective and efficient. 12. The Department of Home Affairs needs to work closely with Department of Social Development to find ways to improve accessibility to birth certificates in order to reduce delays in processing new registrations and renewal of grants.. Finally the study concluded that the service delivery rendered by the Department of Social Development in handling school grants needs improvement.

Improper grants payments stemming from weaknesses in business processes have been a focus of the U.S. president, Congress, and federal and state governments since 2009. Researchers have demonstrated that the internal control weakness at the federal, state, and local government level has contributed to the problem of compliance. The Office of Management and Budget issued federal rules effective in December 2014 to address the problem of federal award compliance. Despite these measures, there is a gap in the literature on strategies for recipients of federal grants to meet compliance requirements. The purpose of the qualitative descriptive study was to explore how recipients can satisfy compliance requirements across the full life cycle of their grants. Systems thinking and compliance theories were selected to analyze data. Participants were 20 certified grants management specialists. The research questions included inquiry on the strategies for federal award compliance. Described were participants' strategies to improve business processes for grant compliance. Emergent thematic findings included staff and leadership training- as participants' main strategy for complying with uniform requirements, while written policies and procedures and use of grant management software- emerged as secondary strategies. Grant managers may benefit from learning about the strategies described in this study by implementing business process improvements in their organizations. Compliant recipients of grants may have a positive effect on social change with more grant funds becoming available to states, local governments, higher education, and nonprofit organizations for the public good.

This paper is submitted in an effort to bring into perspective the grants elements of social security which have contributed to vast economic changes and to which, paradoxically, they must also adapt.

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