94- 630 C.M.R. ch. 1, § 2
The Board shall issue a request for grant applications through a Public Notice in newspapers of general circulation at least 30 days prior to the application deadline.All proposals will be initially reviewed by the Grant Allocation Committee to determine Qualifying Institutions, eligible outside funding and eligible projects. Grant funds will be awarded based on the criteria and funding formulas outlined in this rule. The Board will make final decision on grant awards.
The Grant Allocation Committee will review all material supplied by each institution and make initial funding recommendations based on the criteria and funding formulas set forth in this rule. The Grant Allocation Committee may call upon out-of-state members of the biomedical research community to help it make decisions about the eligibility of an institution, project cost or in the determination of legitimacy of claimed funding sources as eligible outside funding.
The Board will review the Grant Allocation Committee's recommendations and will make the final funding decisions. The Board will notify the institutions of its final decision and request that each grantee submit a final plan reflecting the actual amount of funding allocated.
The final plans must specify how the institution will utilize the allocated Program Funds and what research and economic benefits it anticipates as a result of the funding. The institution's final plan must be submitted within 45 days of notification of the Board's final decision.
Once funding decisions are made, each Eligible Institution shall revise its preliminary plan into a final plan that reflects the actual level of award received. The final plan must describe how the institution will utilize the allocated program funds and what research and economic benefits it anticipates as a result of funding. This final plan must be submitted to the Board no later than 45 days after the award notification and prior to disbursement of funds.
94- 630 C.M.R. ch. 1, § 2