Task force presses for a specific curriculum and clear evaluation before grant submission

Apr 16, 2025

Members urged specificity in the application, saying grant reviewers favor concrete programming over general research time; Dr. Coons emphasized schools need preparation time and suggested funding program delivery rather than undirected research time.

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Task force members pushed the proposer to identify a curriculum and concrete activities rather than ask for undirected research time. "There'll be some reluctance to fund research time to look into programs," Dr. Coons said, urging applicants to show precisely how grant funds would be used to achieve educational goals.

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