Just as priorities have been established, restrictions too have evolved. A small percentage of grants have been made for two or three years. If multi-year funding is desired, the applicant is advised to make this clear in the application. Multi-year requests should demonstrate confidence in the project's probability for sustainability. Multi-year grants are never guaranteed and are subject to annual review.
Innovation is defined in two ways.
The first and most obvious definition is to begin or create something new. This might mean proposing to develop a different or untested treatment approach, testing a new service delivery system or some new combination of approach and delivery. The opportunities to create something truly new are rare, however. This means an organization proposing to do something different from the way it has always done things or modeling the innovative work of others in their own settings. The process is straight forward.