Large Grant Request

Large Grant Request ($5,000 or More)

 

Evaluation Criteria and Process

Specific evaluation criteria are provided under the Application Guidelines section of the Request For Proposal (RFP). A committee appointed by the PIF Executive Committee will select the grant awardees.

All proposals must include a completed and signed cover page (a sample cover page is included as the final page of the RFP).

  • Legal Name of Organization to which the award should be made. For secondary education institutions, the name of the school, not the school district (if applicable).
  • Type of Performing Organization-two-year or four-year post secondary institution (if applicable)
  • Project Implementation Date
  • Project Completion Date
  • Project Coordinator Name and Title
  • Principal/Institution Head Name and Title (if applicable)
  • Project Coordinator address, city, state, zip, and phone and fax numbers
  • Project Coordinator Signature and Date
  • Principal/Institution Head Signature and Date (if applicable)

Section 1: Project Summary ­ Provide a 50- to 75-word summary description of the project.

Section 2: Project Narrative ­ maximum of six pages (not including the cover page, project summary, or budget) typewritten, double-spaced, font no smaller than 12-point, one-inch margins)

a. Detail the potential for enhancing the American Agricultural Editors’ Association, including project need and justification 

b. Describe the project’s objectives, plans for management and cooperative linkages 

c. Identify a project timetable including all important milestones and dates related to the project’s start-up, execution, evaluation and sustainability

d. Explain the expected products and results and their potential impact or outcome 

e. Describe the project evaluation and commitment to completion as well as possible project continuation or sustainability 

Section 3: Budget

Include a specific, line-item budget of project expenses. Include a specific line-item budget of cash matching funds, including the source of matching

funds. If more funds are required to implement this program beyond the funds requested from the PIF and the required cash matching funds, include a line-item budget for them, including their source. Provide a budget narrative to explain each line item in the budget.

Proposals will be reviewed in preparation for budgeting for the next fiscal year. Please submit no later than 9/30. 

If mailing, applicants must submit a non-returnable original and one photocopy of the complete application, and keep a copy for themselves.

Proposals must be sent to: AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation, c/o Samantha Kilgore, PO Box 1444, LaGrange GA 30241. Or e-mail proposals to skilgore@asginfo.net. The subject line should say PIF Grant Request.

Applicants will be notified in writing of funding decisions, postmarked no later than four weeks after proposal submission.

Grant recipients must submit a final report of project activities to PIF when the project is completed. This report will be shared with the grant program sponsor and featured in the AAEA ByLine and other publications and public references. Recipients may also be asked to present an oral report during the annual AAEA Business Meeting.

Samantha Kilgore
Executive Director
American Agricultural Editors’ Association
PO Box 1444, LaGrange GA 30241

Email: skilgore@asginfo.net