For the Fall deadline notification of awards will be made by December 15 with a funding start date of January 1. For the Spring deadline notification of awards will be made by April 15 with a funding start date of June 1. The size of the award will be based on the scope of the proposed project, the budget, and the justification of the budget. Funds are awarded for one calendar year. All funds not expended in that period automatically revert to the Block Grant Program pool.
Proposals are to be submitted using the established forms.
The review process has a two fold purpose. The first purpose is to provide a scientific review of the proposals and to establish if funding is appropriate. For those applications deemed appropriate for funding the budget and budget justification will be evaluated. The funding level will be set based on this evaluation. The recommendation to fund and the suggested funding level will be forwarded to the dean.