Grants Development Office of Columbus State Community College
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR GRANT EVALUATORS
The Grants Development Office of Columbus State Community College frequently submits proposals to a variety of federal, state, and local agencies. These proposals require an evaluation section which outlines how an external evaluator will provide the formative and summative evaluation for specific project deliverables and services. The evaluator will contribute significant intellectual capitalundefinedbecause sponsoring agencies require up to a separate five-page proposal, line item budget, and budget narrative.
Evaluators must have at least five years of evaluation experience; a demonstrated track record in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods evaluation; education and training in evaluation; and a demonstrated capacity to accomplish the external evaluation. For evaluation of NSF grants, the evaluator should have training from, use materials from, or have an affiliation with EvaluATE, the National Science Foundation-funded Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, at the Western Michigan University.
The Grants Development Office is seeking the qualifications from evaluators willing to write an evaluation section pre-award and serve as the project evaluator post-award. The pre-award writing must be a pro-bono contribution. In return for this pro-bono contribution, the Grants Development Office will:
- Name the project evaluator in the proposal.
- Include a description of the evaluator credentials and expertise in the proposal.
- Incorporate the evaluation section in the proposal.
- Include the evaluator in the project budget as either a consultant, or subcontractor, or sub-awardee.
Note that there is a risk to the evaluator because not all proposals will be awarded to the College. Evaluators will be selected based upon best fit for the type of grant application, capabilities and experience of the evaluator, capacity, and cost.
Proposals must include the following information:
Questions regarding the Request for Proposal should be directed to Mary Vaughn at mvaughn@cscc.edu or at 614-287-2552.
Completed proposals can be emailed to mvaughn@cscc.edu or mailed to: Grants Office, Columbus State Community College, 550 E. Spring St., Columbus, OH 43215.
