Welcome to our Grants FAQ page. If you are a grant recipient, congratulations! This page is intended to support you as you implement your funded project by answering frequently asked questions about grant administration, record-keeping, and grant payments. If you are interested in applying for a UCF grant, this page should familiarize you with our funding processes.
Applications & Grant Agreements
What makes a great grant application (and are there examples)?
Should I read our grant agreement? How can I get a copy of our signed grant agreement?
Can we changed the scope or deliverables we originally outlined in our grant agreement?
Funding & Invoicing
How does our community or organization receive the grant funding that we have been awarded?
What information should be included in an invoice?
An invoice should be on municipal or organizational letterhead and must include:
- the subaward number,
- the amount being requested for payment, and
- address to where a check should be sent.
Click here to see a sample invoice.
How do we submit an invoice?
Can we invoice for activities that happened before the grant agreement was signed?
Yes. Attachment B of your grant agreement states: Up to 90 days of Pre-award costs are allowable under this agreement as determined by the State and as related to scope of work in Attachment A. In other words, completed project work that occurred as early as 90 days before the grant agreement was signed is eligible for reimbursement as long as the costs were properly documented.
What if we need to request an extension to our grant project period?
In-Kind Match & Final Report
How do we document our volunteer in-kind match?
What is the dollar value of volunteer in-kind match?
What is required in the final report?
Who do I send the final report to?
Final reports and final invoices should be submitted together in a single email and sent to ANR.FPRAgreements@vermont.gov. The final report can be submitted by anyone (town staff, the volunteer project coordinator, etc.). Though not required, please cc elise.schadler@vermont.gov so that our UCF program staff is aware that the report has been submitted.
More questions? Please direct all UCF grant questions to our Program Manager Elise Schadler at elise.schadler@vermont.gov.