I would NOT advise applying, as it means essentially signing away the rights to the work you send them as a sample just by APPLYING:

"6. Grant of Rights: In submitting an Application, Applicant hereby grants Sponsor the absolute, worldwide, and irrevocable right to use, modify, publish, publicly display, distribute, and copy Applicant’s Application, in whole or in part, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and marketing, and to sublicense such rights to any third parties."

"Applicant grants Sponsor the absolute, worldwide, and irrevocable right to use, modify, publish, publicly display, distribute, and copy the name, image, and/or likeness of Applicant and the names of any such persons identified in the Application for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and marketing. For the avoidance of doubt, one’s Application will NOT be kept confidential"

"Upon Sponsor's request and without compensation, Applicant agrees to sign any additional documentation that Sponsor may require so as to effect, perfect or record the preceding grant of rights"

... and those of you interested in applying but unfamiliar with how grants work might find Grant Writing Confidential at http://blog.seliger.com useful. Like most blogs, it's in reverse chronological order, so you might find it somewhat disorganized if you think, "Where do I start?", but you'll find a ton of information there about how the grant making process works.

The period after Lincoln's death until Grant's election is nearly unbelievable. Johnson was an avowed racist and openly apologistic to southern gentry. The south and a sizable percent of the population was under armed guard and were essentially in military dictatorship under Grant. Grant was the obvious next pick for president and, wisely, was quiet about being the 'real' power in the US, physically right next to Johnson.

Then, as Johnson can't help himself but to be a bullheaded moron, he gets impeached by the radical left wing of the house: the 'newish' Republican party. His trial is wild, by the way. He gets impeached, and is then sent to the senate. Where the southern states, still under the war department, can't vote or sit; it's all Union states. Bribing was rampant in the senate, but not publicly known. Johnson misses conviction by one vote. The left-wing Republican senators that vote to acquit never serve in public office again.

Again, Grant is a dense read, but Chernow did a fantastic job on it. Big recommend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Andrew_Johnson

I can't speak to programming specifically, but I'm a consultant and contribute to my company's blog, Grant Writing Confidential (http://blog.seliger.com). For us, the most useful part of the blog from a marketing standpoint is search engine traffic.

We're not exactly Perez Hilton—I'm sure people posting celebrity nudes get a lot more hits—but people searching for terms specific to our work often find us, which they seldom do through generic searches ("grant writer" or "grant writing.")

The secondary benefit is that we demonstrate that we know what we're talking about; if you think we're full of shit, you can read as much of the blog as you want, and decide for yourself whether we are.