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INSTRUCTIONS

GRANT APPLICATION FORM FOR

PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES INFORMATION

PURPOSE

Applicants must submit a GRANT APPLICATION FORM FOR PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND 

PERFORMANCE MEASURES INFORMATION via Grants.gov or in G5 when instructed to submit 

applications in G5. This form collects project objectives and quantitative and/or qualitative performance measures at 

the time of application submission for the purpose of automatically prepopulating this information into the U.S. 

Department of Education’s (ED) automated Grant Performance Report form (ED 524B), which is completed by ED 

grantees prior to the awarding of continuation grants. Additionally, this information will prepopulate into ED’s 

automated ED 524B that may be required by program offices of grant recipients that are awarded front loaded grants 

for their entire multi-year project up-front in a single grant award, and will also be prepopulated into ED’s 

automated ED 524B for those grant recipients that are required to use the ED 524B to submit their final performance 

reports. 

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Applicant Information

• Legal Name: The legal name of the applicant that will undertake the assistance activity will prepopulate 

from the Application Form for Federal Assistance (SF 424 Form). This is the organization that has 

registered with the System for Award Management (SAM). Information on registering with SAM may be 

obtained by visiting www.Grants.gov.

Project Objectives Information and Related Performance Measures Data 

Your grant application establishes project objectives stating what you hope to achieve with your funded grant 

project. Generally, one or more performance measures are also established for each project objective that will serve 

to demonstrate whether you have met or are making progress towards meeting each project objective. 

• Project Objective: Enter each project objective that is included in your grant application. When 

completing this form in Grants.gov, a maximum of 26 project objectives may be entered. Only one project 

objective should be entered per row. Project objectives should be numbered sequentially, i.e., 1., 2., 3., etc. 

If applicable, project objectives may be entered for each project year; however, the year to which the 

project objective applies must be clearly identified as is presented in the following examples: 

1. Year 1. Provide two hour training to teachers in the Boston school district that focuses on improving 

test scores. 

2. Year 2. Provide two hour training to teachers in the Washington D.C. school district that focuses on 

improving test scores. 

• Performance Measure: For each project objective, enter each associated quantitative and/or qualitative 

performance measure. When completing this form in Grants.gov, a maximum of 26 quantitative and/or 

qualitative performance measures may be entered. There may be multiple quantitative and/or qualitative

performance measures associated with each project objective. Enter only one quantitative or qualitative 

performance measure per row. Each quantitative or qualitative performance measure that is associated with 

a particular project objective should be labeled using an alpha indicator. Example: The first quantitative or 

qualitative performance measure associated with project objective “1” should be labeled “1.a.,” the second 

quantitative or qualitative performance measure for project objective “1” should be labeled “1.b.,” etc. If 

applicable, quantitative and/or qualitative performance measures may be entered for each project year; 

however, the year to which the quantitative and/or qualitative performance measures apply must be clearly 

identified as is presented in the following examples:
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1.a. Year 1. By the end of year one, 125 teachers in the Boston school district will receive a two hour 

training program that focuses on improving test scores. 

2.a. Year 2. By the end of year two, 125 teachers in the Washington D.C. school district will receive a 

two hour training program that focuses on improving test scores.

• Measure Type: For each performance measure, select the appropriate type of performance measure from 

the drop down menu. There are two types of measures that ED may have established for the grant 

program:

1. GPRA: Measures established for reporting to Congress under the Government Performance and 

Results Act; and

2. PROGRAM: Measures established by the program office for the particular grant competition. 

 

In addition, you will be required to report on any project-specific performance measures (PROJECT) that 

you established in your grant application to meet your project objectives.

In the Measure Type field, select one (1) of the following measure types: GPRA; PROGRAM; or 

PROJECT. 

• Quantitative Target Data: For quantitative performance measures with established quantitative targets, 

provide the target you established for meeting each performance measure. Only quantitative (numeric) data 

should be entered in the Target boxes. If the collection of quantitative data is not appropriate for a 

particular performance measure (i.e., for qualitative performance measures), please leave the target data 

boxes blank.

The Target Data boxes are divided into three columns: Raw Number; Ratio, and Percentage (%).

For performance measures that are stated in terms of a single number (e.g., the number of workshops that 

will be conducted or the number of students that will be served), the target data should be entered as a 

single number in the Raw Number column (e.g., 10 workshops or 80 students). Please leave the Ratio 

and Percentage (%) columns blank.

For performance measures that are stated in terms of a percentage (e.g., percentage of students that attain 

proficiency), complete the Ratio column, and leave the Raw Number and Percentage (%) columns 

blank. The Percentage (%) will automatically calculate based on the entered ratio. In the Ratio column

(e.g., 80/100), the numerator represents the numerical target (e.g., the number of students that are expected 

to attain proficiency), and the denominator represents the universe (e.g., all students served). 

Paperwork Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of 

information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this 

information collection is 1894-0017. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to 

average 5 hours per response including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the 

data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the 

accuracy of the time estimate (s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U. S. Department of 

Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-8240. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your 

individual submission of this form, write directly to (insert program office), U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202.