After submitting your Full Proposal, the Program Staff Review, receipt of our Request for More Information, analysis of the Expert Review and responses from the applicant on questions and concerns raised by the reviewers, the Executive Staff Review and the Final Review and Decision, the next step in the process is the Grant Award Letter.

GRANT AWARD LETTER Step 19

  1. Award Letter and Grant Payments Schedule.
    Congratulations! You will be notified within two weeks of our funding decision that you have been awarded a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Because information can change during the review process, when you are notified of the Foundation's approval (usually by email and sometimes by telephone), the Foundation will ask the following questions.

    • What are the start and end dates for your project?
    • What is the name of the Organization/University administering the grant?
    • Who will be signing the Award Letter?
    • To whom should the Award Letter be sent?

    Once this information is received, the Foundation's Grant Management Department will work with you to develop a payment schedule for your grant that is agreeable to the needed expenditures listed in your approved budget. Payments are generally scheduled bi-annually and released upon the receipt and approval of progress and financial reports. In addition, 10% of the total grant amount is generally withheld until submission and approval of final progress and financial reports.

    The Foundation may also include in the Grant Award Letter clearly defined expectations to ensure that the project activities are implemented as described in the approved proposal. The Foundation is currently developing this new component of our Grant Awards.

    When the payment schedule has been agreed upon, the Foundation will issue a formal Grant Award Letter for signature. If your administering organization is a non-U.S. or for-profit entity, you will also be sent a Grant Agreement for Expenditure Responsibility.

    The first payment on your grant will be issued upon receipt of the following:

    • Signed Award Letter
    • Signed and Sealed Grant Agreement for Expenditure Responsibility (if needed)
    • Tax Documents (if needed)
    • A one-page Project Summary.

    Remaining payments on your grant will be issued upon receipt and approval of corresponding scheduled reports. All previous reports due to the Foundation must be submitted before your scheduled payment can be released.

Submitting a Proposal