Approve or Reject a Proposal

Getting There

1. Go to SARE Projects at https://projects.sare.org/ 
2. On the home page, click “Proposal forms”.

3. Locate the grant year for the proposal you are looking for. 

Note: If you are looking for older proposals, then click the “Show Previous Years” button at the top. 

4. Scroll down to the desired year.
5. Click the plus icon to see all of the grants. 
6. Underneath the grant name, click “Manage proposals”.

 

Approve or Reject the Proposal

1. Find the proposal you want to approve or reject, and click “Manage”. 
2. Click “Approve/Reject”.
3. Under “Is this proposal approved”, select Yes or No. 

If “No” is selected: 

1. 1. You can click “Invite to Revise/Resubmit” if the applicant needs to make changes.
   2. Under “Reviewer comment summary”, you can select “Insert all review comments” if you think that it would be helpful. 
      1. You can click “See all reviews for this proposal” to see what the reviewers’ comments are before doing this.
   3. In the same section, you can also add your own comments or instructions for the applicant.
   4. In the “Admin comments (seen by admins only)” section, you can write comments to be seen only by other regional or national administrators. 
   5. Click “Save”.

If “Yes” is selected:

1. 1. Amount to fund: You can enter the amount that you would like to grant to them. 
      1. On the right in parentheses, the system shows the amount that was requested.
   2. Grant Recipient: 
   3. Grant recipient type: Select the type of grant that will be provided
   4. Contract start date: The requested start date is automatically filled in, but you can change it if needed.
   5. Contract end date: The requested end date is automatically filled in, but you can change it if needed.
   6. Project number: A project number is automatically assigned. You can change it if there is a different naming convention that your region uses. 
   7. Under “Reviewer comment summary”, you can select “Insert all review comments” if you think that it would be helpful. 
      1. You can click “See all reviews for this proposal” to see what the reviewers’ comments are before doing this.
   8.  In the same section, you can also add your own comments or instructions for the applicant.
   9. In the “Admin comments (seen by admins only)” section, you can write comments to be seen only by other regional or national administrators. 
   10. Click “Save”.
   11. You can now see the approved project details under the individual proposal’s menu.