Grant Cycle
One application opportunity, including its application dates, review, and award decisions.
This guide is for you if
Use this guide if you work with an applicant before formal committee scoring begins.
Before you begin
Accept your assignment and disclose any conflict before reviewing the application.
How to use it
Complete the tasks in order. Open a task to see the instructions. Select any screenshot to enlarge it.
Important: Stop if the district or foundation name is wrong.
Understand the two timelines
A Grant Cycle can close while its awarded projects continue. Projects and reports remain available until Project closeout.
Project Period
The dates when an awarded project is expected to begin and end. It may continue after the Grant Cycle closes.
Reporting Schedule
The progress and final reports required for an awarded project, with their due dates.
Project closeout
The final checks that formally complete an awarded project after its required reports are accepted.
1Sign in
Start on the GrantsPost sign-in page.
Sign in
Start on the GrantsPost sign-in page.
Where to beginStart on the GrantsPost sign-in page.
- Enter the email address from your invitation.
- Enter your password.
- Select Sign in. If you cannot remember your password, select Forgot password?
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You are finished when
You arrive at the home page for your assigned role.
What happens next
GrantsPost opens the home page for your assigned role.
If something is not working
Check that you used the email address from the invitation. Use Forgot password? before asking an administrator to resend access.
2Open preliminary review requests
Open Committee, then Preliminary review requests.
Open preliminary review requests
Open Committee, then Preliminary review requests.
Where to beginOpen Committee, then Preliminary review requests.
- Select Review application for an accepted assignment.
- Read one section at a time. Select Comment or suggest an edit, enter clear feedback, then select Save comment draft or Save suggested edit.
- Select Review & send feedback and send the drafts to the applicant. After all items are resolved, select Mark Ready for Committee.
Action path
Review application→Comment or suggest an edit→Save draft→Review & send feedback→Mark Ready for Committee
You are finished when
You know which application needs a question, clarification, or supporting document request.
What happens next
The Committee Chair can review your readiness submission and move the application forward.
If something is not working
If no assignment appears, you have no preliminary review work. If access is blocked, ask the district administrator to check the assignment and conflict status.