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Annual Program Statement (APS) for Fiscal Year 2025. Rate your own draft against each scoring criterion in the official notice, the way a reviewer would read it.
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Scores listed: 100 points (the notice's total wasn't found; check it). Source: the official notice, FY25-PAS-Tunis-APS.pdf. If the notice describes rating levels for its criteria, use its words when you score.
How to use it
- Read what reviewers look for under each criterion.
- Find the part of your draft that answers it. Paste it in the box to check its length.
- Give yourself a score from 0 to the criterion's points. Start with the lowest scores when you revise.
Scoring criteria
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Quality and Feasibility of the Program Idea · 25 points
What reviewers look for (notice p. 14):
The program idea is well developed, with detail about how program ac#vi#es will be carried out and the required American component. The proposal includes a reasonable implementa#on #meline.
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Organiza0onal Capacity and Record on Previous Grants · 20 points
What reviewers look for (notice p. 14):
The organiza#on has exper#se in its stated field and has the internal controls in place to manage federal funds. This includes a financial management system and a bank account.
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Program Planning/Ability to Achieve Objec0ves · 20 points
See page 15 of the notice for what reviewers look for.
of 20 points
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Budget · 10 points
What reviewers look for (notice p. 15):
The budget jus#fica#on is detailed. Costs are reasonable in rela#on to the proposed ac#vi#es and an#cipated results. The budget is realis#c, accoun#ng for all necessary expenses to achieve proposed ac#vi#es.
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Monitoring and evalua0on plan and media/public outreach strategy · 15 points
What reviewers look for (notice p. 15):
Applicant demonstrates it is able to measure program success against key indicators and provides milestones to indicate progress toward goals outlined in the proposal. The program includes output and outcome indicators and shows how and when those will be measured. The program includes a media/public outreach strategy raising awareness of the program, its impact, and U.S. government funding of it.
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Sustainability · 10 points
What reviewers look for (notice p. 15):
Program ac#vi#es will con#nue to have posi#ve impact aoer the end of the program.
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Length limits in this notice
- Proposal: 5 pages max (notice p. 10) “Proposal (5 pages maximum) The proposal should contain sufficient informa#on such that anyone not familiar with it would understand exactly what the applicant wants to do.”
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Sample proposals agencies have posted. Read them for structure; don't copy their words.
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