diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/Grant.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/Grant.java
index 55c96503..832b88f7 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/Grant.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/valueobjects/Grant.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 /* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.freemarker.valueobjects;
 
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.constants.VOConstants;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.freemarker.visutils.UtilityFunctions;
 
 /**
  * @author bkoniden
@@ -37,42 +40,32 @@ public class Grant extends Individual {
 	public void setGrantLabel(String grantLabel) {
 		this.setIndividualLabel(grantLabel);
 	}
+	
+
 	/**
-	 * This method will be called when there is no usable core:year value found
-	 * for the bibo:Document. It will first check & parse core:yearMonth failing
-	 * which it will try core:date
+	 * This method will be called to get the inferred start year for the grant. 
+	 * The 3 choices, in order, are,
+	 * 		1. parsed year from xs:DateTime object saved in core:dateTimeValue 
+	 * 		2. core:year which was property used in vivo 1.1 ontology
+	 * 		3. Default Grant Start Year 
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public String getParsedGrantStartYear() {
-		
-		/*
-		 * We are assuming that core:yearMonth has "YYYY-MM-DD" format. This is based 
-		 * off of http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#gYearMonth , which is what
-		 * core:yearMonth points to internally.
-		 * */
-		if (grantStartYearMonth != null 
-				&& grantStartYearMonth.length() >= VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT
-				&& isValidPublicationYear(grantStartYearMonth.substring(
-													0,
-													VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT))) {
-			
-			return grantStartYearMonth.substring(0, VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT); 
-			
+
+		if (grantStartDate != null) {
+
+			DateTime validParsedDateTimeObject = UtilityFunctions
+					.getValidParsedDateTimeObject(grantStartDate);
+
+			if (validParsedDateTimeObject != null) {
+				return String.valueOf(validParsedDateTimeObject.getYear());
+			} else {
+				return VOConstants.DEFAULT_GRANT_YEAR;
+			}
+		} else {
+			return VOConstants.DEFAULT_GRANT_YEAR;
 		}
-		
-		if (grantStartDate != null 
-				&& grantStartDate.length() >= VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT
-				&& isValidPublicationYear(grantStartDate
-												.substring(0,
-														   VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT))) {
-			
-			return grantStartDate.substring(0, VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT); 
-		}
-		
-		/*
-		 * If all else fails return default unknown year identifier
-		 * */
-		return VOConstants.DEFAULT_GRANT_YEAR;
+
 	}
 	
 	public String getGrantStartYear() {
@@ -135,4 +128,42 @@ public class Grant extends Individual {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+//	/**
+//	 * This method will be called when there is no usable core:year value found
+//	 * for the core:Grant. It will first check & parse core:yearMonth failing
+//	 * which it will try core:date
+//	 * @return
+//	 */
+//	public String getParsedGrantStartYear() {
+//		
+//		/*
+//		 * We are assuming that core:yearMonth has "YYYY-MM-DD" format. This is based 
+//		 * off of http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#gYearMonth , which is what
+//		 * core:yearMonth points to internally.
+//		 * */
+//		if (grantStartYearMonth != null 
+//				&& grantStartYearMonth.length() >= VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT
+//				&& isValidPublicationYear(grantStartYearMonth.substring(
+//													0,
+//													VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT))) {
+//			
+//			return grantStartYearMonth.substring(0, VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT); 
+//			
+//		}
+//		
+//		if (grantStartDate != null 
+//				&& grantStartDate.length() >= VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT
+//				&& isValidPublicationYear(grantStartDate
+//												.substring(0,
+//														   VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT))) {
+//			
+//			return grantStartDate.substring(0, VOConstants.NUM_CHARS_IN_YEAR_FORMAT); 
+//		}
+//		
+//		/*
+//		 * If all else fails return default unknown year identifier
+//		 * */
+//		return VOConstants.DEFAULT_GRANT_YEAR;
+//	}	
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/visutils/UtilityFunctions.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/visutils/UtilityFunctions.java
index 4c9ece4a..87b45674 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/visutils/UtilityFunctions.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/freemarker/visutils/UtilityFunctions.java
@@ -238,12 +238,7 @@ public class UtilityFunctions {
     		 * changes all throughout the codebase.
     		 * 	3. We are asking for a grant year & we should get a proper one or NOT at all.
     		 * */
-    		String grantYear;
-    		if (curr.getGrantStartYear() != null) { 
-    			grantYear = curr.getGrantStartYear();
-    		} else {
-    			grantYear = curr.getParsedGrantStartYear();
-    		}
+    		String grantYear = curr.getParsedGrantStartYear();
     		
 			if (yearToGrantCount.containsKey(grantYear)) {
     			yearToGrantCount.put(grantYear,