Applying for funding

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We are not open for funding currently. But that's no reason to slack! Keep checking out our home page, and our Twitter and Facebook pages, to make sure you don't miss the next great opening. And in the meantime, get yourself application-ready by checking out all the new and revised info throughout this site.

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We distribute our funding in “rounds.” A round opens when we announce we’ll receive applications and closes at the deadline: we hope we will have a round open early in the new year. Rounds are  open for only a limited period – follow us on Twitter (@ThomasDeaneTrst) and keep checking here to make sure you don’t miss a deadline.

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Application process

Applicants to the last round are taking part in a two-stage process. For stage one, they emailed us just two sides of A4. We’ll compare those applications against our criteria, especially:

• our four themes

• our ten reasons (well, 17 now) for not funding

• understanding of and commitment to an outcomes approach (specifically, answers to our questions under How we will view outcomes)

• addressing ways of working .

• budgets.

 

What happens next?

We'll have to decline many applications at Stage One – that is, after having assessed their two-page outline.

 

The remaining applications will go through to a second stage of assessment where we will ask applicants for points of clarification and further information: see Further info. We may need to have discussions  with some applicants.

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Then, we put together everything we've learned about each project over both Stage One and Stage Two assessments, and decide which ones we will support.

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Oct19