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Does the fund provide up-front payments? 
Yes. Payments will be made according to an agreed schedule with the grantee (usually 3 to 4 installments). These payments will be released when the Project meets at least 70% of each pre-agreed milestone. First disbursement generally carries 30% of the total grant amount for the two-year period.  

In what currency the money will be released? 
The grant will be denominated in US Dollars only. 

Precisely what kinds of activities can, and cannot, be funded by ISGAP? 
Specific activities and items that will be funded by ISGAP will be determined during the selection process and subject to the grant proposal document agreed between the grantee and UNDP. 

Will UNDP be involved directly in the management of the projects it supports? 
No. UNDP will not be involved in direct management of any Project. UNDP will provide technical support and orientation for the grantees on how to properly manage their grants and report, but from an oversight perspective.

How will the implementation of funded projects be monitored? 
Grant recipients will be expected to comply with various reporting requirements to be mutually agreed during grant proposal process. 

Will UNDP provide any technical assistance in support implementation? 
A proportion of grant budget (approximately 20%) will be requested to designed under technical assistance by each grantee. UNDP and its partners will provide general technical assistance, business development, investor/donor networking for all grantees. Individual grantee could request technical assistance from UNDP at a case by case basis.

What will grant recipients be expected to do? 
Recipients of grant funding by ISGAP will be expected to comply with the following requirements: 
•    Achievements of agreed Milestones to trigger payments (at least 70%)
•    Quarterly progress report 
•    Financial statement of expenditures. 
•    Narrative and Financial reporting should come with supporting documentation as annexes. 

Does ISGAP provide any assistance in developing the concept note and proposal? 
No. But for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the pacific, please reach out to our partner the USAID Climate Ready project for proposal assistance. 

Is there a Right of Appeal for unsuccessful submissions? 
No. The UNDP’s project grantee committee’s decision is final. There is no right of appeal. 

If I am not successful, can I apply again at a later date, with a revised or new project proposal? 
Yes, if an applicant does not reach grant agreement stage, the applicant may submit a concept note for another (or revised) project in a next call for proposals (if available).

I am worried that my project idea is a good one and could be ‘stolen’. Will my proposal be treated confidentially? What about patent rights, copyrights, and other similar rights?
Yes. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence during the application process. Ownership of patent rights, copyrights, and other similar rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) to any discoveries, inventions or works resulting from implementation of the Activities under this Agreement shall vest in the Recipient Institution. Nonetheless, the Recipient Institution shall grant UNDP a perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, sub-license and make use of such Intellectual Property Rights, including the ability to further license to program country governments in accordance with the requirements of the agreement between the UNDP and the government(s) concerned.

What languages should I use? 
Application and proposal need to be in English. Due to the amount of expected application (400+), unfortunately we cannot provide additional language support. We hope to include more languages in the future.  

How do I know that my proposal was received by ISGAP? 
We will acknowledge via e-mail the receipt of your Concept Note or Proposal. You can also check the applications portal. 

What happens if the project is unable to meet one or more of the agreed milestones? 
If a grantee fails to meet an agreed milestone, then any subsequent grant releases by the Fund will be halted until a mutually satisfactory solution is found. If a solution cannot be found, the Fund may regrettably have to halt its grant funding of the Project at that stage.

Will I be expected to pay back some or all of the grant money if the project/proposed solutions are ultimately unsuccessful, or fails to meet its initial goals? 
No, you will not. But if fraudulent activities within the grantee organization are identified as the cause of the failure, then UNDP could demand and enforce a full refund of the funds advanced. 

Note: The call for proposals from UNDP is only open to NGO/CSO status organizations    including non-governmental academic or educational institutions. Network partners of CTCN please apply under CTCN's portal. Please do not apply for both CTCN's Technical Assistance programme and UNDP’s grant funding.