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GRAN
T D
EVEL
OP
MENT
D
EC
ISION M
ATRIX
Fundi
ng
Ag
ency:
Grant Program:
□
YES
Decision:
□
NO
D
ECIS
IO
N
FACT
OR
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WE
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N C
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ESTIMATE
D
RATING
Neg
ati
ve
Ne
u
tr
al
Positive
0
1 2 3
I I I
4 5
6
I I
7 8 9
10
I I I
1. Fit with College Mission,
Strategic Plan, and
Research
Fi
ndings.
Does not align with College
Mission and Plan.
Marginally matches College
Mission and Plan.
He
lps to fulfill the College
Mission and Plan.
2. Background (Expertise
of
College in project area)
Weak in area or totally new
area to College.
Average experience in this
area.
Strong experience in this
area.
3. Propo
se
d College
Principal Inves
ti
gators
Poor in-house team with few
available known new hires.
Good in-house team with
good, available new hires.
Superb in-house team with
superb known new hires.
4. Financial Potential
(Return on Investment)
Poor short-term, poor long-
term; likely
to
cost College.
Questionable short-term,
questionable long-term.
Excellent short-term and
long-term; likely to yield a
margm.
5.
Te
am
Mem
bers (College's
partners and major sub-
contractors)
Partners and subcontractors
dilute or weaken effort.
Partners and subcontractors
· have no major effect.
Partners and subcontractors
have an enhancing effect.
6. Advance Pre
pa
ration for
RF
P (Adequate information
to respond)
Did not expect RFP;
unprepared.
Generally up-to-date with
RFP; no major preparation
needed to respond.
Good favorable information;
ready to respond.
7.
Competitive Assessment
(Competition and funding
probabilities)
Competition
is
very strong;
odds are under 10%.
Open competition; odds are
10-50%
Open competition: odds
exceed 50%.
8. Capabili
ty
to Effectively
Re
spond
Do not have staff time to
adequately respond.
Stresses staff time, but can
adequately respond.
Have staff time to develop
highly competitive proposal.
9. Funding Agency Contact,
History and Rapport
College is unknown to this
agency and staff.
College is known to this
agency and staff.
College has well-developed
working relationships.
10. College
Re
sources
(Space, personnel, matching
funds)
Requires significant
investment
of
College
resources.
Requires marginal
investment
of
College
resources.
Requires minimal
investment
of
Co
ll
ege
resources.
TOT
AL
SCORE
(Sum
of
scores for each factor evaluated)
Based on Model developed by Sinclair Community College
