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Peer
Review Panelist Information and Form
Introduction
The Arts
and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) relies
on Advisory Review Panels to evaluate grant applications.
Individuals who serve on panels serve their community by contributing
expertise and an unbiased perspective to the evaluation process.
Panelists play an important role in helping to decide how
public funds will be allocated to underwrite grants that help
support the arts and humanities in Montgomery County.
Panel
Role
Panelists
provide the AHCMC's Grants Committee with expert evaluations
by reviewing each applicant’s narrative, budget, and
support materials and then consistently and objectively evaluating
the proposal based on the criteria provided by AHCMC.
Panel
Eligibility
Panelists
must have experience in an area related to the grant categories
that AHCMC funds. These are General Support Grants that provide
operating support for organizations larger than $350,000;
Advancement Support Grants that provide operating support
and management assistance to organizations of $50,000 - $3,50,000
in size; and for organizations under $50,000. Cultural Programs
Grants and Administrative Development Grants for organizations
under $50,000. AHCMC also funds Visiting Artists and Scholars
Grants, Arts in Schools Grants, and Artist and Scholar Fellowship
Grants.
Panel
Selection
Potential
panelists are solicited by nominations through various sources
including, but not limited to: AHCMC Board members, current
panelists, Maryland, DC, and Virginia State Arts Councils,
Maryland, DC, and Virginia State Humanities Commissions, national
associations, grantees, applicants, and artists and scholars.
AHCMC
staff selects panelists, ensuring geographic, ethnic, gender
and professional representation.
Panel
Responsibilities
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Panel
Orientation for FY2003 grant:new panelists are requested
to attend a panel orientation meeting to familiarize themselves
with AHCMC's panel process, to discuss policy issues affecting
applicants, and to meet with panel colleagues and orientation
usually takes place at the start of each panel meeting.
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Panel
Books and Grant Review: In advance of meetings, panelists
receive notebooks containing all the grant applications
for their panel. A rating sheet for that application will
precede each application. Panelists are required to read
and evaluate all grant application narratives, read and
evaluate all assigned support materials, and complete
a rating sheet for each application prior to the panel
meeting. Panelists have an opportunity at the review meeting
to make changes to their rating sheet.
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Conflict
of Interest: Panelists are required to place on file at
AHCMC’s offices a list of any organizations in which
they are a member or have an interest, i.e. a governance
or fee-earning role in the organization. Panelists cannot
remain on a panel if there is a conflict of interest. |
Panel
Meeting
Panelists are required to attend a one-day
panel meeting to review and evaluate all applications and
make recommendations on each application, based on the criteria
provided by AHCMC. Panelists also will discuss issues of concern
arising from the grant application and organization reviews
and make recommendations to the AHCMC's Grants Committee on
policy changes.
Peer
Review Panelist Nomination and Forms:
Advisory panel information and forms follow or they are available
by calling 301-565-3805.
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