Grants talk:APG/Staff proposal assessment form v2

Changes to the staff proposal assessment form

Along with some changes to the proposal form as a result of learning from previous rounds, we have also created an updated version of the staff proposal assessment. While many aspects of the original form are maintained, there have been some major changes:

1. We have significantly revised the rubric to include 3 dimensions and 15 criteria related to program design, organizational effectiveness, and budget.
2. We have significantly revised the rubric to include a scale highlighting areas that are major strengths, strengths, major concerns, concerns or neither strengths nor concerns. This is intended to be a non-linear scale and does not correspond to any numerical scoring system. We have maintained the "notes" column used in previous rounds to provide detailed comments around "scoring". We feel the rubric is an important tool to maintain consistency across organizations while still ensuring that each assessment is informed by the applicant's context.
3. We have pulled the high-level strengths and concerns from the narrative section into the overview section, and kept and updated improvements to the staff proposal assessment form such as the financial overview table.
4. We have simplified the information in the overview related to compliance and eligibility, as that is already addressed in detail through the LOI and eligibility processes.
5. We have revised the narrative section of the staff assessment to include three sections focusing on context, programs, and feasibility. Within each section, we have provided some detailed guidance as to what questions we will be addressing. This format is still intended to give staff some flexibility in composing the assessments, to address certain areas in more or less detail as needed.
6. We have clarified and added descriptions of the methodology and purpose of the staff assessment form and rubric, highlighting the staff assessments role as one of many inputs into the FDC process, explaining that the staff assessment is the work of FDC staff, and explaining how the assessment is used by the FDC in their deliberations.

Cheers, Winifred Olliff (FDC Support Team) talk 00:41, 10 September 2014 (UTC)