Many federal agencies take up to ten months to process, evaluate and select proposals for funding.
Some private foundations take approximately three months to make award decisions.
An average lead time for an award is six months after a proposal has been submitted. In most cases, the amount of an award does not equal the amount proposed. The difference is determined through negotiation with a sponsor. It is likely that circumstances regarding both programmatic and budgetary elements of your proposal have changed since you submitted the proposal. Particularly for federal sponsors, you must include this information in formal negotiations.