Evaluation Requirements for Funded Mini-Grants

All funded mini-grants are required to participate in NGCP evaluation activities. Project directors will be contacted by the project evaluators via e-mail in the quarter that immediately follows the completion of the funded project. The e-mail will include directions and a link to an online reporting form used by the evaluation team to collect data on mini-grant projects. The reports will be used to gauge the impact of NGCP mini-grants nationwide and help the NGCP Leadership Team make improvements to the mini-grant process.

The form asks program directors to report on the following:

• Basic project facts including: area of STEM focus, frequency of meetings with participants, program duration, number of staff and volunteers involved.
• Basic participant information and demographics including: number of participants, ethnicity and grade level of participants.
• Collaboration activities including the value of the collaboration to the mini-grant project.
• Reflection on stated mini-grant project objectives including how these objectives were measured or assessed.
• Reflection on overall effectiveness and success of the project including description of the use of NGCP research-based strategies.