First, applicants send a letter of interest to PERI which staff reviews and determines if it will go forward to the PERI Board of Directors. The Board reviews full proposals according to various criteria and if approved, a grant agreement is executed with the successful applicants. Johnson spoke to the effectiveness of the PERI staff and board commenting on their focus on accomplishing good work. The Panel typically works on defining this field and its constituency groups. Following the presentations, several questions focused on further detail about the grant program.
Individuals can receive grants.
For example a scholar at West Carolina University received a grant. So far, PERI has not supported graduate dissertations but it has provided travel grants. The PERI Board meets six times a year, so if a letter of interest was approved at one Board meeting, a full proposal could be reviewed at the next meeting. The timing depends on the complexity of the project. PERI will be ongoing endeavor.