6. Application process

Module six of the GFMD MediaDev Fundraising Guide.

The steps outlined below present a proposed guide for designing a project and submitting a funding application.

Your ability to follow these steps will depend on the resources at your disposal and on your own organisational culture.

We recognise that smaller organisations will neither have the time nor the personnel to implement a complex internal process for all bids. However, the recommendations below can be used selectively and tailored to different needs.

1. Assess the feasibility of the bid

2. Form a creative team

3. Approach potential partners

4. Create a delivery timeline

5. Organise a meeting with your partners

7. Produce a skeleton of the narrative

8. Seek final agreement on partner contributions

9. Assign tasks

10. Establish a platform for sharing material

11. Organise a first budget review

12. Organise regular review meetings

13. Carry out an administrative check

14. Organise a first review of the narrative

15. Organise a second review of the budget

16. Organise a second review of the narrative

17. Final review of supporting documentation

18. Final proof-read

19. Final submission

20. Filing

Make sure that you clearly mark the final versions of all documents which were submitted and that you keep the receipt confirming that your proposal was successful sent.

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