Before you submit your application to the FY2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), use this checklist to review your application. Remember: once submitted, you can no longer change or edit your application!
REMINDER: The Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) application period will close on Friday, December 5. Applications must be received no later than at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. No exceptions will be made for submissions after 5 pm Eastern Time so submit your application on time.
AFG Application Review Checklist
- Proofread your application: Mistakes or errors on your AFG application can disqualify your organization for grant award consideration.
- If you included any “filler” or placeholder text while filling out your application, update the application fields with your final and complete answers.
- Do the sequences of your sentences and paragraphs present clear thoughts and ideas?
- Does your narrative explain your organizations needs in a way that someone would easily understand?
- Check your inventory amounts and costs for all items that you are requesting and confirm that there are no discrepancies between the Request Details Information section of the application and the Narrative.
- Have all application fields, or questions, been answered?
- Make sure that you have described your organizations needs in your voice, do not use boilerplate language or copy from vendors, manufacturers, etc.
- Make sure that all facts and figures are accurate throughout the entire application.
- Ask a colleague who is not involved with the actual writing of the grant to proofread your application.
Complete your application today at www.fema.gov/e-grant-application-access