Proposal #3

After meeting with Gary, I moved on to reviewing the 3rd proposal. This proposal was noticeably smaller than all of the other proposals int he stack I had. Unlike most of the others this one was mearly stapled together with roughly 15 pages attached together versus the other proposals which included 60+ pages categorized in 3 ring binders This proposal was also from the other the University of Virginia Health Center, I had reviewed a proposal earlier from the same organization. My first thought was that this proposal was coming from the same organization but was just addressing a smaller issue or asking for less from from the Ryan White Foundation that the previous proposal (hence the short length).

After reading through this document, I soon resized that the reason why this proposal had not "looked" like the other was because they simply did not follow the guidelines set out by the Ryan White Foundation. There was no Table of Contents, it was missing a few attachments meant to discuss the budget and allocation of resources just to name a few of its missing items.

Although the proposal document itself discussed fully the scope of what the project entailed, my job was to review the proposal based off the guidelines. My initial reaction was mixed since I did not feel like I should give it a terrible review based on they fact that it just did not follow the guidelines. So I made sure I was as detailed as I could when filling out he review sheet. I focused on the strenghts of the proposal and highlighted what it did right before concentrating on its missing pieces. I felt that although the guidelines were not followed, the proposal deserved a full review and should be graded on the content it DOES have rather than what it doesn't. We will see how the RWF feels about it later.