On-Farm Research Grants are initially reviewed and scored by outside technical reviewers upon the closure of the grant deadline. Once the technical review process is complete, the Producer Grant Committee is assigned the high scoring proposals to read in the SARE Grant Management System. The Producer Grant Committee is not required to review and score proposals for the On-Farm Research Grants. Their task is to read the high scoring proposals and select proposals for funding.
To begin the process:
- Log on to the SARE Grant Management System using your username and password.
- Once you are logged in, under header Proposal Reviewer Links is “Assign final review scores”. Click on this link and you’ll see a list of proposals.
- Sort by “Initial Score”. The highest ranked proposals will now be at the top of the list.
- Click on a proposal link. It will take you to a page that asks you if you have a conflict of interest. Mark “yes” or “no”. If “yes” you will be removed from the proposal and it will be reassigned to another reviewer.
- If you do not have a Conflict of Interest, click on the proposal title, read the proposal, then scroll to the bottom and click on “Show Reviews”. This will show you the comments of the technical reviewers.
- Do not click on the edit button. You will not need to use this function. You do not need to add comments or provide additional scores.