| (a) Applicants shall be selected for funding on a competitive
basis.
(b) An application must meet the requirements of the
RFA and be submitted with proper authorization on or before the day
and time specified by the RFA to qualify for further consideration.
(c) The selection process includes an application review
and staff recommendation for funding. Board staff shall review applications
to determine if they adhere to the grant program requirements and
the funding priorities contained in the RFA. Board staff may select
qualified individuals to serve as external reviewers. Reviewers shall
demonstrate appropriate credentials to evaluate grant applications
in autism treatment, training, and research. Reviewers shall not evaluate
any applications for which they have a potential conflict of interest.
(d) The reviewers shall evaluate each entity's application
for selection according to these criteria:
(1) How the applicant would achieve one or more of
the following goals:
(A) increasing the number of parents trained in parent-directed
treatment;
(B) increasing the number of teachers and/or paraprofessionals
receiving Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Training; or
(C) researching, developing, and evaluating innovative
autism treatment models.
(2) Detailed explanation of the applicant's autism
treatment, training, or research program, rationale (including the
evidence base) for the program, timeline for development and implementation,
description of target population (including the applicant's strategies
to recruit and serve diverse populations), description of budget,
and detailed information related to administration and support for
the program; and
(3) Applicant's evaluation plan to determine the effectiveness
of its proposed project;
(e) Award criteria may be adjusted by Board staff to
best fulfill the purpose of an individual grant competition, if those
adjusted award criteria are included in the Request for Applications
for the grant competition.
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