Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and Responses.
Q. With reference to the subject matter, we kindly seek clarification, if NGO registered in Nigeria in 2023 and are actively on ground carrying out activities are eligible to apply for this grant
NGOs whose registration date is 1 year prior to the date of submission of application to the NSI are qualified to apply. Therefore your organization, registered in 2023, is qualified to apply. However, your organization must meet the other requirements listed in the Call.
Q. Must NGOs be women-led to be considered for this dRPC grant?
Not necessarily, the EoI calls for full disclosure on the leadership and management of the NGO applying, but it is not mandatory that NGOs be women-led?
Q. The NGO I was head was only founded in 2020 after COVID, can we apply?
The minimum requirement for the NGOs registration and active programming for the NSI is 5 years.
Q. Je vois sur le site de la Fondation Ford que la Fondation finance également des programmes au Sénégal et au Ghana. La Fondation Ford n'est pas réservée au Nigeria. Mon ONG à Dakar, au Sénégal, peut-elle poser sa candidature ?
La subvention dRPC-NSI est conçue comme un projet pilote de réponse rapide avec un accent initial sur le Nigeria pour la phase commençant le 1er mai et se terminant le 31 novembre 2025. Le dRPC vise à soutenir les OSC au Sénégal et au Ghana dans la phase suivante.
Q. The dRPC seems to doing its programs in the North, is this NSI for NGOs in Southern Nigeria? I am in Oyo state?
NGOs from any LGA or state in Nigeria are eligible to apply
Q. Our faith group did not have a grant cancelled by USAID but we had a proposal which was just about to be submitted, then USAID left Nigeria, we will like to apply but our workplan is for 1 year not 3 months.
All grant awards must be completed in 3 months. Your application should attach evidence of an invitation to apply; call for proposal or evidence that the platform for submission no longer exist for consideration.
Q. Congratulations for this venture, please can you also expand project areas to women’s rights? We will like to apply we are based in Kuru.
Thank you.
Q. Our budget is for only three million five hundred thousand naira, can we apply?
Awards are for a maximum of N5,000,000.00, therefore the proposed budget of your organization will be considered once submitted.
Q. Can I apply as an individual?
This award is only open to registered NGOs; unfortunately not to individuals.
Q. The rumour in the NGO community is that the dRPC NSI grant is for N5 billion. Is this correct?
No, not at all. This must be misinformation. The maximum sum for the grant is N5 million. This information is clearly stated in our Call for Applications in Daily Nigerian newspapers and on our website.
Q. Our organization was in the final phase of accessing a funding opportunity for UNHCR Refugee-led Innovation Fund. However, we received a mail earlier this year informing us that due to the USAID funding cut, they were suspending the funding indefinitely....our proposed intervention for the socioeconomic empowerment of forcibly displaced women and girls and Women and Girls with Disabilities in IDP camps...I would like to know if we can apply.
Your organization meets the criteria of having a project closed out due to suspension of funding and you also mentioned that you focus on women and girls. You did not disclose if you organization is women-led, that is another criteria, an important one but not and absolute one.
Q. We are also a women led organization in Yola Adamawa State Northeast Nigeria. Can we also apply for the funding opportunity even though our contract was not yet sign by our partner (melterser international) we are at the process before this development came up and they suspended all the process till further notice. We have all the communication (mail) train for justifications.
Yes, indeed, your organization qualifies. Your organization can apply.
