Many, but not all, federal grants require project evaluation to be completed by someone other than the project director. The reason for this requirement is that these evaluators have less of an economic stake in the success or failure of a program and therefore are better positioned to provide an unbiased eye with which to conduct a program evaluation. This session will examine federal language and insights on some specific departments’ intent regarding how “external” an evaluator must be, what services the funder typically requires from the evaluator, how to find high-quality evaluation services, how to select an evaluator for a grant project, guidance on understanding fee structures, and recommendations for navigating issues like timelines, intellectual property, and publication expectations in contracts.
What you will learn:
- When an evaluator must be outside of the program versus outside of the organization
- What are common evaluation services for federal grants
- Where can quality evaluators be found
- What factors should be considered when selecting an evaluator
- How to align service expectations with cost realities
- How to ensure potentially challenging issues are placed into contracts
Presented by:
Julie Assel, GPC, CGMS
Course curriculum
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Welcome: Let's Get Started
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Video: Federal Grant Development - External Evaluators
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Session Evaluation
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Quiz: External Evaluators
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About this course
- $50.00
- 4 lessons
- 1 hour of video content
The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and/or credentialed Certified Grant Management Specialists (CGMS) through the National Grant Management Association. All of the trainings in this series align with the CGMS exam classification system and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills, and are approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.