Application Procedure for the MFRI Small Grant Program

The steps below outline the general procedures in the application process. For your reference, a sample proposal and application have been included at the end of this document.

1. Complete the Proposal and Application for the MFRI Small Grant Program. The proposal and application must include the signature of Unit Commander Designate. The following questions should guide your application:
   

   a. What are you planning to accomplish with these funds?
   b. What is your evidence that your plan will meet a real need?
   c. How will you know if your plan was successful?
   

2. Use the Budget Planning Worksheet to estimate the funds you are requesting in your proposal and application. This worksheet must be submitted as part of your application.
3. If a community partner will receive funds as a part of this grant, include a letter of support from that organization outlining their involvement and specifying their interest in the project you are proposing.
4. Once all of your materials have been compiled and completed, submit them to:
   

   Military Family Research Institute
   Purdue West, Down Under
   1402 W. State St.
   West Lafayette, IN 47904-2062
   Fax: 765.496.3362

5. 5. If selected to receive a grant, the applicant must submit an After Action Evaluation Report to the administrator of the MFRI Small Grant Program within 30 days of the completion of the activity in order for the applicant to be eligible to receive additional grants in the future. Recipients of funding must follow the guidelines set forth in their proposals. If not followed, organizations must perform, at their own expense, the work they proposed to do, or pay back the funds awarded to them.
   

Special Notes about the MFRI Small Grant Program

1. This grant program is open only to Family Readiness Groups in the state of Indiana. Preference will be given to proposals that demonstrate the development and growth of community partnerships, or to proposals which are designed to create increased community awareness of the needs of military families.
2. An organization can receive up to two grants over a 12-month period totaling no more than $2,500 cumulatively.
3. Once a proposal is approved, awardees will be asked to submit an invoice on letterhead for the approved amount of the grant. A W-9 tax form for the sponsoring organization should be included with the invoice. Checks will be made out to an organization, rather than to an individual. A check for the funds will be issued approximately four weeks following receipt of the approved invoice.
4. All expenses must be “normal allowable expenses” as defined by Purdue University and the Lilly Endowment.