Proposal Template
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EVALUATION CRITERIA
Rated from 1-5
- applicant organization and the proposed project align with the GSDTF’s vision: “Grenada’s biodiversity, natural resources, and human and ecological communities are resilient and healthy”
- the proposal provides sufficient evidence that the applicant organization is trying to address conservation and/or environmental issues that are of high priority to the country, regionally, and internationally
- proposal provides sufficient evidence that the applicant organization has experience with the intervention proposed
- proposal is clear about how the applicant organization will deliver the expected results and outcomes
Rated from 1-5
- title of the project provides adequate information about the project without being too lengthy or complicated
- title is specific to the project
- project summary explains why the project is important and briefly describes the goals/objectives and strategies
- background section establishes the context and describes the relationship between the applicant organization’s mission and the proposed project
- description of the problem is clearly defined; it describes the causes of the problem; and explains the long-term effects of the problem without the intervention(s) proposed by the project
- proposal demonstrates a clear understanding of the thematic area
- activities identified in the proposal are sufficient or too extensive to achieve the proposed outcomes and within the proposed budget
- proposal demonstrates that the proposed project addresses an important problem and that the best practices and lessons learned will contribute towards increasing the knowledge of the thematic area
- overall purpose of the Project is clearly defined and is reflective of the applicant organization’s goals
- there is a clear connection between how the problem will be solved and goals of the proposed project
- proposal defines how success will be measured
- proposal reflects realistic expectations in terms of activities identified, time frame for completion of activities and budget
- proposal thoroughly identifies all the activities, and only the activities, necessary to achieve the objectives of the proposed project
- proposal describes innovative methods for solving the problem
- proposal describes activities for monitoring the project and for documenting lessons learned and best practices
- activities are costed realistically and/or the proposal presents justification for the costs
- proposal reflects accurate calculations
- proposal describes matching funds – in kind or cash
- Proposal contains amounts for unexplained purposes (i.e., miscellaneous)
- Theory of Change expressed in the Log Frame clearly reflects the relationship in the intervention logic
- Log Frame identifies how success will be measured (OVIs)
- Project describes aspects of project oversight and management
- proposal provides information on how the project will continue beyond the grant cycle, if applicable
