While applying for ‘Positive Action for Children Fund’, collaborations with other groups is highly encouraged if they address community needs and make sense diagrammatically with clear roles and responsibilities. One organization will have to submit as lead organization and the online application system will require you to enter both/all organizations details.
A project needs to be new, innovative work, not the simple continuation of previously funded activity. It must have an objective that is achievable and measurable within the period of funding requested. It must be identifiable as a discrete program of work alongside or within any larger program the organization runs; it should have a name that can be used by the implementer and the funder to describe the project.
Application Procedure –
- Applicants should submit a Concept Note through online method before deadline. Applicants need to register their organization on PACF system to be able to submit the concept note.
- Applicants will receive a response regarding the Concept Notes by July 2014. If the Concept Note is successful, the applicant will be invited to submit a full proposal by PACF’s board members.
- Reviewing the submitted full proposals, successful organizations selected for the grant will be announced in October 2014.
While preparing Concept Notes, applicants should consider what PACF is looking for –
- New needs assessment linked to objectives
- Appropriate interventions matched to these
- Clear outcomes for each stated objective
- Numbers of beneficiaries and cost effectiveness
- Relevance of projects to local settings
- Strongest projects in countries with multiple proposals
- A good spread of themes, focus areas and a balance of interventions
For more information, please visit ViiV Health Positive Action for Children Fund page.
