Grants

Quick Tips

• PCVs cannot apply for grants during their first three months or their last three months at site.
• Depending on the grant type, the process can take six weeks or more. Plan ahead to have extra time to edit your grant and resubmit your proposal.
• Never spend money until your proposal has been officially approved.
• After a PCV has completed a proposal for one of the Peace Corps funding sources, you can send it to PRC for review. PRC will review your proposal and contact you about revisions. Once the PCV and PRC members are confident in the proposal, they will forward it to the Peace Corps staff liaison for one final review. The liaison will suggest any further changes to be made. After these changes are made, the final proposal will be submitted. From this point on, the PCV will deal directly with the funding source, but PRC members and the PC staff liaison can offer assistance as needed.
• September is the end of the Peace Corps fiscal year, so try to submit proposals before September. September, October, and November are best to avoid.
• Grant proposals should be fully developed community programming that matches the needs established by a needs assessment. These projects should be above and beyond the community's standard projects, and they should spark sustainable change.
• These grants are non-competitive.
• Receipts must be spent to account for all grant expenses!