Next, the application will be assigned to a specific project manager for review. Your CIF Project Manager will check to ensure your application is complete and that all the expenses you have identified are eligible for funding. They will also look for opportunities for you to strengthen your submission and may follow up with you via email or telephone. Your application will then be evaluated using the pre-established CIF application evaluation criteria. The updated evaluation criteria worksheets are downloadable here: . When can I start spending my grant money? Expenditures made to the closing date of the REOI are not eligible for funding. If any project spending occurred before the application was submitted, CIF will not consider the application. If any proven project related spending occurs after an application has been submitted but before approval, CIF will consider the application but will not guarantee the application or any related expenditures will be approved. What applications will be rejected? CIF gets many applications for the of ineligible projects listed below. Please do not submit applications for funding that pertain to: Routine program growth (A new street is added to existing collection) Routine maintenance items (Our collection trucks need painting etc.) Routine staffing requirements (We need a summer student) Routine box/bag or cart replacement (Use the CIF joint purchase program: ) Non Blue Box related projects (Help us to draft our organics collection RFP) Cost Savings and Diversion Projects with a payback period exceeding 5 years. (New - 2017) Curbside waste, organics or MRF residue audits (Unless part of a larger project - Note: performance audits and composition studies may be funded under the Centre of Excellence use 4, restrictions apply, refer to section 3. 4 subsection 6 of the main REOI document. ) If you are unsure if your project idea is eligible for funding, please before preparing your application. Do I have to duplicate the same application under different funding categories? No. There are three priorities for projects eligible for funding in 2018: System Optimization
Next, the application will be assigned to a specific project manager for review. Your CIF Project Manager will check to ensure your application is complete and that all the expenses you have identified are eligible for funding. They will also look for opportunities for you to strengthen your submission and may follow up with you via email or telephone. Your application will then be evaluated using the pre-established CIF application evaluation criteria. The updated evaluation criteria worksheets are downloadable here: . When can I start spending my grant money? Expenditures made to the closing date of the REOI are not eligible for funding. If any project spending occurred before the application was submitted, CIF will not consider the application. If any proven project related spending occurs after an application has been submitted but before approval, CIF will consider the application but will not guarantee the application or any related expenditures will be approved. What applications will be rejected? CIF gets many applications for the of ineligible projects listed below. Please do not submit applications for funding that pertain to: Routine program growth (A new street is added to existing collection) Routine maintenance items (Our collection trucks need painting etc.) Routine staffing requirements (We need a summer student) Routine box/bag or cart replacement (Use the CIF joint purchase program: ) Non Blue Box related projects (Help us to draft our organics collection RFP) Cost Savings and Diversion Projects with a payback period exceeding 5 years. (New - 2017) Curbside waste, organics or MRF residue audits (Unless part of a larger project - Note: performance audits and composition studies may be funded under the Centre of Excellence use 4, restrictions apply, refer to section 3. 4 subsection 6 of the main REOI document. ) If you are unsure if your project idea is eligible for funding, please before preparing your application. Do I have to duplicate the same application under different funding categories? No. There are three priorities for projects eligible for funding in 2018: System Optimization
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