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Grant Resource Center

Cover Story: How Grants Are Reviewed

Since you are taking the time to write a great proposal, meeting all the RFP requirements, you should also understand you the reviewers are going to evaluate your proposal. What are they really looking for? A critical component of receiving grant funding is understanding how your proposal will be reviewed.

In some foundations, the staff quickly screens out proposals that are ineligible, poorly planned or simply not within the organization's current focus. Staff then review the remaining proposals and write recommendations for approval. The review may request a meeting with the applicant. Recommendations will then go to the final approval committee.

For small funding requests, staff members may make the final decision. In still other foundations, the approval committee sees every proposal unscreened by staff

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Cover Story: Competition In Grants

Most grant applications are submitted directly in response to the RFP, NOFA or NOVA announcement of the availability of funds. The one major disadvantage to applying for a grant awards is that they are tough to win. You generally compete with other grant applicants from all the states and all the U.S. territories. If the funders are only planning to award money to five grant applicants, then your chances are slim.

To win a competitive grant, you must compete with other grant applicants for a limited amount of awards and money. A team of reviewers will read your application, and points are assigned to each section of the request. The applications with the highest scores are then recommended for funding.

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