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CATEGORY
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3
(Excellent)
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2
(Fair)
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1
(Poor)
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Needs Assessment
(Project Director)
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- Identifies specific need adequately in 25-50 words
- Statistics for local, state, or national situation is properly identified and referenced
- Internal data was obtained without force or cohersion and is unbiased and repeatable
- Statistical analysis of the data was accurately performed using the correct mathematical method having a sufficient sample size to test
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- Specific need is partially identified
- Provides some statistics that are relevant to the research
- Compliation of internal data has a minor amount of bias and a few errors when collecting data
- Statistical analysis has minor errors in the mathematical method with a sufficient sample size to test
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- Specific need not identified or is too vague
- No statistics provided
- Internal data is missing, heavily biased, and non-repeatable
- Statistical analysis uses incorrect mathmatical model or sample size is too small.
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Grant Proposal -
Executive Summary
(Project Director)
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- Purpose of the document is clear and thorough
- Provides a summary of all methods used, results to be obtained, and recommendations for funding
- Conclusion is strong and reiterates the goal behind the plan
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- Purpose of the document is somewhat clear and has a few areas that need additional supporting research
- Provides some of the methods used, and an incomplete listing of results to be obtained along with recommendations for funding
- Conclusion is a summary of the procedures used and needs a more specific goal
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- Purpose of the document is unclear and incomplete
- Provides a vague listing of methods used, has no information on the results obtained or recommendations for funding
- Conclusion is weak and does not site a specific goal for the project
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Grant Proposal -
Statement of Need
(Project Director)
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- Argument for performing research is strong, convincing, and is significant to solving the problem at hand
- Provides more than seven instances of supporting documentation and references in the appropriate format
- Factual information is accurate, and supports the reason for research
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- Argument has some strong points and lacks some cohesive support to the research project
- Provides 4-7 instances of supporting documentation and references in the appropriate format
- Factual information is somewhat accurate and complete
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- Argument is weak and does not provide a significant reason to perform the research
- Provides less than four instances of supporting documentation and references in the appropriate format
- Factual information is missing or has no connection to the research being performed
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Grant Proposal -
Project Description
(Business Director)
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- Project plan is in a well-structured format
- Provides a clear explanation of the methods to be used and the specific goals to be obtained
- Desribes the major milestones to be achieved with a supporting schedule
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- Project plan has some areas that are not properly structured for the research being performed
- Provides a clear explanation for some of the methods used and the majority of goals for the project
- Describes the majority of the milestones for the project with a supportin schedule
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- Project plan has no structure or is deficient in many areas
- Provides no information about the methods used or has vague goals
- Describes only a few of the major milestones for the project and does not include a schedule for completion
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Grant Proposal -
Budget
(Financial Manager)
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- Lists all possible funding sources with expected resouce allotments
- Provides resonable and necessary expenditures for the proposed plan
- Identifies potential pitfalls for excessive expenditures
- Includes a complete bugetary schedule for the length of the program
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- Lists a few funding sources with minor errors in resorce allotments
- Provides most of the resonable and necessary expenditures for the proposed plan
- Identifies a few potential pitfalls for excessive expenditures
- Includes a partial bugetary schedule for the inital phase of the program
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- Does not provide proper funding sources or has incorrect resource allotments
- Expenditures are unreasonable or unnecessary
- No propable expenditure overruns listed or identified
- Schedule is vague, not within program limits, or has unrealistic timeline
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Grant Proposal -
Organizational Information
(Project Manager)
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- Indicates organizational structure and level of authority within the organization
- Provides a listing of all key personnel responsible for research, management, and oversight for the program
- Describes all managment functions with information about staff qualifications and experience
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- Indicates the majority of organizational structure and authority levels with some positions yet to be determined
- Provides a listing of the majority of key personnel responsible for research, management, and oversight for the program
- Describes some of the management functions with partial information on staff qualifications and experience
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- No organizational structure provided or little infomation on levels of authority within the organization
- Provides no listing of key personnel
- Does not describe the management functions or provide information about staff qualifications and experience
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Grant Proposal -
Conclusion
(Project Director)
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- Provides a summary statment with possible solutions based on the proposed research
- Places the focus of the project on the required need and the relevancy of the research
- Presents a "call to action" that requests the funding agency to support the project
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- Provides a summary statement of a few methods used and possible solutions based on the proposed research
- Places the focus of the project on the required need but does not site the relevancy of the research
- Presents the data with a vague request for support from the funding agency
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- Provides an incomplete summary with vague references to the proposed research
- Places no focus on the required need
- Does not request action from the funding agency to support the proposed research project
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General Document Attributes
(Business Manager)
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- Written in an acceptable style with no errors
- Uses research data that is acceptable and relevant to the proposed project
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- Written in an acceptable style with 1-3 errors
- Uses research data that is somewhat relevant to the proposed research project
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- Written in an unacceptable style with several (>3) errors
- Uses research data that has no connection to the proposed research project
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