Key Dates
- June 9, 2016: Deadline for LoI submissions. LoIs should be received by midnight your time.
- July 6, 2016: DRF will invite selected applicants to submit full proposals.
- August 18, 2016: Deadline for full proposals. Proposals should be received by midnight your time.
- December 2016: Applicants will be notified about final funding decisions.
- January 1, 2017-December 31, 2017: Project activities will occur.
Eligibility Criteria
- For Small Grants: Applicants must be legally registered non-governmental DPOs (or groups of PWDs acting under the fiscal sponsorship thereof)
- Partnerships among DPOs
- Partnerships between DPOs and other civil society organizations (when a DPO is the managing partner)
- The applicant must be based in and conduct the majority of their activities in the countries targeted for this call
- For Mid-Level Coalitions: Applicants must come from three or more organizations, where the Coalition is conceived and led by a disabled persons’ organizations, may submit applications
- Umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with other organizations to be eligible
- Applications from Mid-Level Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO on behalf of the Coalition
- The applicant organization and the application aim must have scope at state (in a federal system), provincial, regional or district levels
- Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant
- For National Coalition Grants: This stream is intended for organizations that are prominent in the disability movement at the country level
- National Coalitions of three or more organizations where the Coalition is conceived and led by a DPO may submit applications
- National umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with other organizations to be eligible
- Applications from National Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO with national scope on behalf of the Coalition
- Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant
How to Apply
Applicants must download the Letter of Interest form via given website.
Eligible Countries: Bangladesh and Uganda.
For more information, please visit Disability Rights Fund.