Would you like to help select Maine’s AmeriCorps Programs?
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Have you ever wondered who wins a Grant Competition? Why did “they” win and what was the process? We have an opportunity for those of you who have always wondered about these questions. The Maine Commission for Community Service will be administering its triennial Grant Competition during November and December 2008 and is looking for Peer Grant Reviewer volunteers.
We are looking for a diverse group of peer reviewers with expertise in one or more of these categories of service work: national service, volunteer management, volunteer program design, and service delivery in the areas of education, mentoring, literacy and tutoring, human needs, energy conservation, environment, housing, nonprofit management, emergency management, and public safety. Click here for additional information:
If you have been a Peer Reviewer in the past and would like to do it again, please re-submit your application in our new format.
If you wish to be considered, complete the online peer review application using the link below.
All applications must be received by September 20, 2008 to be considered. Reviewers will be selected and notified during October.
*NOTE: If you work for or serve in a program funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service you may not serve as a reviewer.
You can be a part of the Grants Selection Process and help choose Maine’s AmeriCorps programs! Please consider volunteering for this worthwhile project that will make a difference to many people in our great state! This is an excellent opportunity to see how a Grant Competition actually works!
Have any of you volunteered in the past as a peer reviewer? Make a comment to this post and let others know what you thought!
Harold Shaw is a guest blogger and the new Grants Program Officer for the Maine Commission for Community Service.
August 9th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I served as a peer reviewer several years ago before I joined the commission. In my opinion, the best part of being a grant reviewer is that it makes you a better grant writer. In fact, I think it is better than any book I’ve read or workshop I’ve taken on grant writing. I highly recommend it.