It did not make it past the vetting stage.
They did not award the grant.
FWIW, by FLI’s own admission this is false—though perhaps you would call stage 5 (see below) the vetting stage.
In section 4) What was the meaning of FLI’s letter of intent? FLI lay out 7 general stages for grant decision-making.
They say “This proposal made it through 4) in August, then was rejected in November during 5), never reaching 6) or 7).”
Where Stage 2 was: 2) Evaluation and vetting
And Stage 5 was: 5) Further due diligence on grantee
So it would be more accurate to say that it made it past initial vetting, but not further due diligence, and no grant was awarded.
Ah, I hadn’t meant to use “vetting stage” as a term of art.
It did not make it past the vetting stage.
They did not award the grant.
FWIW, by FLI’s own admission this is false—though perhaps you would call stage 5 (see below) the vetting stage.
In section 4) What was the meaning of FLI’s letter of intent? FLI lay out 7 general stages for grant decision-making.
They say “This proposal made it through 4) in August, then was rejected in November during 5), never reaching 6) or 7).”
Where Stage 2 was: 2) Evaluation and vetting
And Stage 5 was: 5) Further due diligence on grantee
So it would be more accurate to say that it made it past initial vetting, but not further due diligence, and no grant was awarded.
Ah, I hadn’t meant to use “vetting stage” as a term of art.