Funding body profiles

ARCH8015 Module 1 Assessment Task – Funding body profiles

1. Name of the funding body: The Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of Australia (ICPA)

URL (website address) An explanation of where their money comes from A list of what types of activities / items they will provide money for How much money will they award? A list of who is eligible to apply A list of who is ineligible to apply

http://www.icpa.com.au/ ICPA is funded by the government of Australia, (ICPA, 2011) Distance education

Hostels for boarding schools

Travel

Early childhood education

Rural and remote education

Specific learning needs such as learning disabilities and difficulties

Tertiary education

(ICPA, 2009, p. 10)

The amount of money awarded subject to the activity in question. For example, boarding allowance is set at 55% of average boarding fee in Australia. However, additional allowances may be given but which are subject to tests.

(ICPA, 2009, p. 10)

Individual students and citizens

Families

schools

(ICPA, 2011) Those who do not qualify as Australian citizens

Charities

Councils

Groups

Agencies

(ICPA, 2011).

A brief summary of their objectives or aims in providing funding

ICPA is a political and non-profit making independent body established in Australia which is dedicated to ensure that all students from rural and remote areas have equity access to appropriate and continuing education, (ICPA, 2011). This body seeks to ensure that the federal government continually gives adequate funding to students and schools from disadvantaged regions on an equitable basis. In addition, aims at assisting students from rural and remote areas have access to educational opportunities that are at least equivalent to those available to urban students.

As stipulated under ICPA policies and objectives (2009, p. 2), ICPA aims to ensure that children and families are able to reach their individual optimal educational potential through special education, school term hostels, country area programmes, distance education, education allowances, travel boarding schools and others. In short, the aim of ICPA is to ensure that all elements of education including cultural experiences, social contacts and other enriching activities are available to all children irrespective of their home location, (ICPA, 2009, p. 15)

A brief description of at least three projects they have funded in the past

Project 1: ICPA has been undertaking a project known as Country Areas Programme (CAP) that seeks to ensure that federal government adequately funds students and schools from disadvantaged geographic regions, (ICPA, 2009, p.4).

Project 2: Through a project called early childhood education and care, ICPA seeks to ensure that an appropriate and affordable range of early childhood programmes are available to provide support to children and parents who live in rural and remote areas, (ICPA, 2009, p.3).

Project 3: ICPA ensures the provision of suitable government allowances to students in rural and remote areas, (ICPA, 2009, p.5). Such allowances assist in compensating families and their children for additional costs incurred in their education.

Any other relevant information

Not Applicable.

2. Name of the funding body: Social Enterprise Development and Investment Funds (SEDIF)

URL (website address) An explanation of where their money comes from A list of what types of activities / items they will provide money for How much money will they award? A list of who is eligible to apply A list of who is ineligible to apply

http://www.socialinclusion.gov.au/Initiatives/Pages/SupSocEnterprise.aspx/ SEDIF is a grant provided by the government of Australia.

(SEDIF guidelines, 2010, p1). Short training and employment opportunities for the most economically challenged

Providing pathways to employment, skills acquisition and work experience to disadvantaged job seekers

Viable Investments

(SEDIF guidelines, 2010, p6).

The amount of money awarded depends on business investment being supported.

(SEDIF guidelines, 2010, p6).

registered groups with all required legal qualifications

(SEF, 2010).

Non-residents of Australia

Natural persons

Trusts where the trustee is a natural person

individuals

(SEF, 2010).

A brief summary of their objectives or aims in providing funding

SEDIF are funds that were established by the government of Australia on July 2010 (SEDIF guidelines, 2010, p4). The principal objective of SEDIF is to establish several investment funds aimed at generating social impact investment in addition to financial return and increase capital for social enterprises in Australia through capacity building. In addition, SEDIF aims at providing catalyst for market development, enhance capacity building for social enterprises, and remove barriers existing to social impact investment and access to capital.

According to SEDIF guidelines, (2010, p5), the funding is meant to achieve a cultural and practical shift from traditional grant making and government funding towards other approaches that can improve access to capital for social reasons . In that respect, SEDIF seeks way to add more investments in a more sustainable way that will help to address social and environmental challenges in greater scale. Basically, SEDIF aims at laying long-term investments in areas of priority for social impact.

A brief description of at least three projects they have funded in the past

Project 1: In September 2010, the government of Australia opened the inaugural Social Business Australia lecture -Investing in Alternative Economic Futures. This project which was funded by SEDIF was meant to give voice to the many businesses such as co-operatives, mutual and social forums that are thriving in the economy. (Social Enterprise Forum held on 5th, Nov, 2010)

Project 2: In August 2010, the government of Australia launched a project called Financing Social Enterprise: understanding needs and realities to oversee the viability and sustainability of social enterprise organizations, (SEF, 2010). This project was funded under SEDIF

Project 3: In November 2010 $1 million professional partnership project in partnership with four other professional services firms was unveiled by the government of Australia and funded under SEDIF. The aim of the project was to providing support inform of consultancy services, including expert technical and business advice and particularly focusing on social enterprises funded through jobs fund. (SEF, 2010)

Any other relevant information

Not applicable.

Name of the funding body: National Research Foundation (NRF)

URL (website address) An explanation of where their money comes from A list of what types of activities / items they will provide money for How much money will they award? A list of who is eligible to apply A list of who is ineligible to apply

http://www.nrf.ac.za NRF gets support from south African government and incomes from other investments.

(NRF-RISA, 2010, p. 5). High quality researches

Internship programs to university graduates

Scholarships and fellowships

(NRF-RISA, 2010, p. 14)

 

Interns receive between R 5,445 and R 7,260 depending on level of qualification

Researches are awarded R100,000

(NRF-RISA, 2010, p. 5) Individuals

Groups

Co-operates

Research institutions

(NAF, 2011) Non-citizens of south Africa

(NAF, 2011)

A brief summary of their objectives or aims in providing funding

NRF is an independent government agency of South Africa that promotes and supports research in all fields of knowledge. This body also conducts research and provides access to national research facilities. The main objectives of NRF is to support and promote research through funding human capacity development and to provide the necessary research facilities in order to encourage creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of social and naturals sciences, humanities and technology as well as indigenous knowledge systems, (NRF 2010).

As stipulated in NRF’s vision, this body aims at enhancing research excellence within transformed workforce that lead to sustainable environment to both the present and future generations of South Africans, (NRF-RISA, 2010, p. 3). In addition, NRF focuses on effecting a rapid transformation of demographic composition of emerging researchers with respect to gender, race and persons with disabilities. Fundamentally, the objective of this foundation is to stimulate, promote, support and protect research as well as backing of human resources development.

A brief description of at least three projects they have funded in the past

Project 1: On 01- 06 -2010, NRF called for applications for bursaries available to those who want to undertake national diploma, undergraduate and postgraduates in South Africa, (NAF, 2010)

Project 2: Since the year 2000 onwards, NRF unveiled a collection of database called the NEXUS database system covering research information for all scientific disciplines. The project provides funding to current and completed research projects including masters and doctoral studies since 1900 onwards, professional associations as well as conferences website, (NAF, 2010)

Project 3: NRF put up a project in the year 2003 called National Astrophysics and Space Science Program (NASSP) to support research and postgraduate profile of institutions in South Africa and enhance transformation in physical sciences. The aim of the project was to produce scientists with broad based skills useful in industry as well as for research in astronomy, astrophysics and space science, (NAF, 2010).

Any other relevant information

The funding decisions of this organization are guided by achievability, quality of proposals, and disability of the applicant and based on preferential funding model.

References

The Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of Australia (ICPA), (2011), Working together for equity of access to education

for all students who live in rural and remote Australia

Retrieved from http://www.icpa.com.au/

The Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of Australia (ICPA), (2009), Policies,

Available from www.icpa.com.au/documents/…policy/federal-icpa-policies-booklet.pdf

National Research foundation (NAF) 2010, NRF Performance Overview,

Available from, http://www.nrf.ac.za

National Research foundation (NAF)/ Research Innovation Support and Advancement (RISA) (2010), improving academic qualifications of

academic staff and researchers,

Available from http://www.nrf.ac.za/about_structure.php

National Research foundation (NAF) (2011), Call for applications 2011,

Available from http://ic.daad.de/johannesburg/tmp/NRF/DAAD-NRF%20Scholarship%20Call%202011_FINAL.pdf

Social Enterprise Development and Investment Funds (SEDIF) guidelines, (2040), Grant Program Guidelines

Available from http://www.deewr.gov.au/Documents/SEDIFGuidelines.pdf

Social Enterprise Forum (SEF) (5th, Nov, 2010), Capability and opportunity to engage,

Available from http://www.socialinclusion.gov.au/Initiatives/Pages/SupSocEnterprise.aspx