22VAC30-50-90. Submission of applications.
In reviewing applications submitted for grant awards, whether Option A or Option B, the advisory board shall accept applications that:
1. Present a clear and convincing discussion of how the proposed project shall carry out its intention as specified in accordance with 22VAC30-50-80 and describe in as much detail as possible its anticipated effectiveness in carrying out its intention;
2. Comply fully with informational and administrative requirements stated in the specific RFP to which applicants are responding; and
3. In the case of an Option A application:
a. Discuss the relevance of the proposed project to an identified field of medical or rehabilitative inquiry;
b. Demonstrate the anticipated benefit of the proposed project in terms of expanding knowledge and understanding of neurotrauma;
c. Discuss any innovation or breakthrough the project seeks to promote, specifying outcome measures where possible for each of the preceding enumerated items in this subdivision;
d. Describe efforts to ensure that the proposed project does not duplicate previous or ongoing research; and
e. Provide a plan for sustaining the proposed project following termination of a grant award as relevant to the intention of the proposed project; or
4. In the case of an Option B application:
a. Discuss the relevance of the proposed project to an identified need for innovative, model community-based rehabilitative programs and services in terms of the absence of alternative resources available to the intended individuals and community;
b. Describe efforts to ensure that the proposed project does not duplicate existing programs, services, or resources already available to targeted individuals and communities;
c. Demonstrate a commitment to collaborative community planning involving consumer groups, service providers, employers, relevant state and local agencies, and other funding sources, as available and appropriate; and
d. Provide a plan for sustaining the proposed project following termination of a grant award as relevant to the intention of the proposed project.
Statutory Authority
§§ 51.5-131 and 51.5-181 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Former 12VAC5-185-90 derived from Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 9, eff. February 14, 2001; amended and adopted as 22VAC30-50-90, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 9, eff. February 13, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 24, eff. September 3, 2009; Volume 33, Issue 2, eff. October 19, 2016.