Planning Grant Aid and the IMET Year
Four pieces on chapters 2 and 10 of the Security Assistance Management Manual: how a security cooperation organization plans and requests grant aid, how an IMET program moves from budget request to year-end reallocation, what IMET pays for student travel and allowances, and the program cost codes and the training IMET will not fund.
Four pieces in this topic
How a security cooperation organization plans
The SCO shapes the country plan, supports the embassy’s four-year strategy and submits unconstrained grant aid requests each year.
02Planning and funding the IMET year
Two budget channels, a working group review, priority codes A, B and D, and a July review that moves unspent money to waiting training.
03IMET student travel and allowances
IMET may pay a student’s travel within set limits, with allowances on travel days, cultural events and rules for the worst case.
04IMET program costs and training it will not fund
Two fund codes support IMET as a whole, some money stays available four more years, and a table lists training IMET will not pay for.
Key terms in this topic
Theater Campaign Plan (TCP)Country PlanIntegrated Country Strategy (ICS)Mission Resource Request (MRR)Unconstrained submissionUncommitted fundsSCETWGApportionmentPriority code APriority code BEnd of year reallocationInternational military student (IMS)Invitational travel order (ITO)Certificate of non-availabilityTravel status allowanceExtraordinary expensesFund code 66Fund code 77Mobile Education Team (MET)Offsetting collectionsInvitation-only PME
Other topics in people and offices
- International Training 4 pieces
- International Students 3 pieces
- Offices and People 3 pieces
- Systems and Data 3 pieces
- Teams in Country 3 pieces
- Manpower and Training Costs 3 pieces
- Inside the Embassy Office 3 pieces
- Regional Centers and Institutes 4 pieces
- Security Cooperation Administration 3 pieces
- Academies and Partner Schools 2 pieces
- International Students in Practice 4 pieces
- Other Training Routes 2 pieces
- Pricing Training 5 pieces
- Training Plans and Reports 3 pieces
- Assistance Personnel and Participants 3 pieces
- Contractors in Operational Areas 5 pieces
- Private Security Contractors 3 pieces
- Operational Contract Support 3 pieces
- Contractor Deployment Cycle 4 pieces
- Contractor Conduct and Liability 3 pieces