AGENDA
Day One
The Grants Management Process
Presentation
Case Study
Exercise
The Process and the Players
Grant
Administration
Grantee
Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Agency
Auditors
Comptroller
General
Day Two
Structuring the Announcement
Format
Certificates
Application
Requirements
Funding/Eligibility
Making Responsibility Determinations
Roles and
Responsibilities
Responsibility
Components
Developing Selection Criteria
Mandatory
Requirements
Special
Requirements
Cost as an
Element
Competitive
Requirements
Responsibility
Responsiveness
Number and
Quality
Public
versus Private
Subgrant
Competition
Type of
Grants
Cooperative
Agreements
Cost-Type
Fixed
Price
Cost
Sharing
Day
Three
Selecting
the Grantee
Process
Qualifications
of Reviewers
Qualitative
and Quantitative
Documentation
Ensuring
Fairness and Equity
Performing
Financial Analysis on Potential Suppliers
Negotiations
with the Grantee
Roles and
Responsibilities
Negotiations
Process
Setting
Appropriate Objectives
Negotiation
Styles
Using a
Six-Step Process for Success
Ensuring
Compliance with Terms and Conditions
Circulars
Policies
Acquisition
Regulations
Legal
Requirements
Required
Terms and Conditions
Day
Four
Introduction
to Grant Administration
Initial
Case Study: Dealing with Grants
Administration
Issues: A Birdseye View
Managing
Projects
The
Project Management Cycle
Roles and
Responsibilities
Project
Management Leveraging Exercise
Scheduling
Projects: What are the Options?
How to
Manage Risks?
The Rules
of Documentation
Grant
Formation
Importance
of the Narrative
Payment
Term Options
Various Grant
Types and Applicable Terms and
Conditions
Interpreting
Grant Agreements
Day Five
Integrating
the Grantees Application
Acceptance
Mistakes
Securing
Grant Performance
Grants
Administration
Inspection
and Acceptance
Risk of
Loss
Delays
Changes in Budgets and Scope
Managing Changes: The Change Process
Payment
Matters
Reports
Schedule
Changes
Problem
Solving and Corrective Action
Disputes/Appeals
Simulation:
Managing a Grantee Problem