Timeline for Grant Development – Pre and Post Award Process

Pre Award Procedures

Between 1 year and 3 months before the agency deadline

Step 1: Ideation

  • Identify the need for funding.
  • Review the current literature supporting your proposed solution.
  • Discuss the idea with your immediate supervisor.
  • Identify others with similar interests within and outside of the College.
  •  Write a one-page preliminary action plan with a budget estimate.

Step 2: Funding Sources

  • Contact SPO for a grant search if the funding source is unknown.
    Search the Grant Management System for grant funders.
  • Determine which funder(s) to approach.

Step 3: Preliminary Approval

  • Consult with the SPO Director, who will submit letters of intent?.
  • Request that your chair sends a pre-approval email to the appropriate Associate or Assistant Vice President and the SPO, form to be provided by SPO.

Between 2 and 4 months before the agency deadline

Step 4: Formal Proposal Development

  • Meet with SPO to discuss and develop the proposal development timeline. Meet with partners (internal and external) to determine roles in the project.
  • Consult with College Human Resources Director (HR) regarding employment issues (e.g., classification and compensation and all employment conditions).
  • Assemble research and attachments, including Letters of Commitment draft(s). Begin iterative drafts.
  • Submit concept to Institutional Review Board (IRB), if needed.
  • For more information on IRB, please go to the website https://www.sfcollege.edu/ir/facts/institutional-review-board-procedures

One 1 month before the agency deadline

Step 5: Final Draft Finalize proposal.

Ten working days before the agency due date

Step 6: SPO Final Approval Submit the final draft to SPO for review before submission. College policy requires finalized proposal submission to SPO at least seven business days[CG1] before the agency’s due date.

SPO submits per BOT schedule

Step 7: Final Approval

  • Complete and sign BOT approval documents prepared by SPO staff.
  • Submit an initial budget request to SPO, with Board Item.
  • Secure Board of Trustees approval (SPO will do this).

4 working days before the agency due date

Step 8: Submission

  • SPO will submit to the agency with all attachments.
  • Any communications with the agency must be discussed with SPO before, and  SPO must be copied on all communications with the agency.

Post Award Procedures

3 to 9 months post- submission

Step 9: Receive Notice of Award or Declination Send original notice to Director, SPO.

1 to 4 weeks after receiving award notice

Step 10: Implementation

  • Meet with SPO for Grant Kick-Off meeting.
  • Attend Grants 101 training provided by SPO.
  • Complete New Project Director Survey.[CG1] [CG2] 
  • Contact HR Director to finalize job descriptions and to post positions.

2 to 6 weeks after receiving award notice and/or until project close

Step 11: Set Up Reporting System

  • Use deliverables table and Kick-Off box to develop processes to collect data and information for reporting.
  • Train project staff in compliance issues.
  • Complete any progress reports required by the agency on time and submit them to SPO for review and submission to granting agency.

If not funded

Step 12: Prepare for Re-submission

  • Request reviewers’ comments.
  • Meet with SPO to identify activities that can improve your future funding chances.
  • Attend Grants 101 training provided by SPO.
  • Rewrite and resubmit the application, if appropriate.
  • Identify alternate funding sources and begin again.

EAEO

Commitment to Equal Access and Equal Opportunity

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