Grants Development - Office of College Advancement
Why We Wait
Not all grant projects, even those that offer large amounts of money, are worth pursuing. Almost any grant project requires some financial or other resource commitment on the part of the institution.
The district adheres to the policy of only pursuing grants that comply with our mission and goals and which fit with current activities. For the most part, grants have to bring in an amount of money substantial enough to offset costs for the District’s budget.
Smaller grants require almost the same amount of work at the back end, but do not offset enough costs warrant the amount of time and of resources required for supporting the grant.
All government and many of the private grants require a budget manager’s time to track costs, manage budget requests, complete reports, conduct audits plus managing the actual grant project.
Because of the amount of work involved in developing budgets and developing proposals for grants that are not awarded, these considerations should all be taken into account before proceeding with a grant proposal.
At Ohlone College, all state, federal or privately funded grant applications require the signature of the President before they can be submitted. The President will not approve a project for submission until the appropriate Dean and Vice President have signed off on the project first.
Before a proposal team begins serious work developing a grant project it should be discussed with and approved by the Dean and Vice President (or appropriate supervisor) so that time is not wasted developing a project that should not be submitted.
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