Proposal Evaluation Criteria

Criteria 1

The proposed project will make a positive impact

The activity must have a positive impact. The application should also clearly define how the proposed project will mobilize community members who will:

●    Engage with members of their community to understand vaccine related concerns

●    Provide information and resources to encourage people to get the vaccine

●    Refer to others who can provide COVID-19 education and assist with coordination

●    Link people to local vaccination resources

Proposals will also need to state what success will look like as a result of this project.

Aspects to consider: Does it include community measures of success? Is it clear what the project seeks to achieve and how it will reach its goals?

Maximum Score for Criteria 1: 40 points

Criteria 2

Understanding the audience, local community, and issues

How will this project engage with the target community to discover vaccine related concerns, misinformation, and barriers?  Proposals will need to show how they will accomplish this.

Aspects to consider:

• How will community members be engaged and encouraged?

• Describe the target community the project proposes to reach: ages, backgrounds, community of color, location or neighborhoods or census tract.

• Does the project include culturally appropriate strategies to reach their prospective communities?

Maximum Score for Criteria 2: 15 points

Criteria 3

Ability to evaluate the impact

Organizations will develop measures of success for their project and gather information to evaluate community activities.

Aspects to consider:

•How will they know whether the project has been successful? 

• Does the proposal explain how they will collect information and share data with the project officer?

• Does the proposal indicate how they will document lessons learned to share with FilCom CARES and the funder?

Maximum Score for Criteria 3: 15 points

Criteria 4

Project delivers value for money.

Projects will need to demonstrate how they will use grant funds to support project activities.

Aspects to consider:

•Are project costs feasible to achieve the work?

• Does the proposal outline how expenditures will be accounted for and what additional resources can be leveraged?

Maximum Score for Criteria 4: 30 points

Maximum Total Score: 100 points