{"id":99647,"date":"2025-01-06T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T09:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/?p=99647"},"modified":"2025-01-06T16:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T16:14:37","slug":"lacuna-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/lacuna-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacuna Fund 2025 | How To Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below, are the details on <strong>Lacuna Fund application form 2025 <\/strong>requirements, eligibility,\u00a0 qualifications needed, selection process, application guidelines, application deadline, how to apply, closing date, and other opportunities links.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lacuna Fund Application Instructions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Lacuna Fund application details<\/strong>\u00a0have been published here. All Eligible and Interested app<a href=\"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/\">l<\/a>icants may apply online for this opportunity before the application deadline-closing date.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget that the <b>Lacuna Fund<\/b>\u00a0application is totally free of charge<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t send anyone money for this opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of Fraudsters!!!!<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to our notification list with your email to receive the Latest Opportunities Update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lacuna Fund\u00a0<\/strong>provides data scientists, researchers, and social entrepreneurs with the resources they need to either produce new labeled datasets to address an underserved population or problem, augment existing datasets to be more representative, or update old datasets to be more sustainable. All datasets produced will be locally developed and owned, and they will be openly accessible to the international community while adhering to best practices regarding ethics and privacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lacuna Fund aims to make its funding accessible to as many organizations as possible in the AI for social good space and cultivate capacity and emerging organizations in the field.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for funding, organizations must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be either a non-profit entity, research institution, for-profit social enterprise, or a team of such organizations. Individuals must apply through an institutional sponsor. Partnerships are welcome but only the lead applicant will receive funds.<\/li>\n<li>Have a mission supporting societal good, broadly defined.<\/li>\n<li>Have all necessary national or other approvals to conduct proposed research. The approval process may be conducted in parallel with grant application, if necessary. Approval costs, if any, are the responsibility of the applicant.<\/li>\n<li>Have the technical capacity to conduct dataset labeling, creation, expansion, and\/or maintenance.<\/li>\n<li>Be sufficiently stable to ensure the sustainability of the dataset or have arrangements with an organization of sufficient stability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selection Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lacuna Fund\u00a0uses an\u00a0<strong>open solicitation process<\/strong>, conducting requests for proposals (RFPs) for projects aligned with Fund goals in a\u00a0particular domain\u00a0on a fixed timeframe. In other words, we\u00a0are not accepting proposals for every domain at all times, but when we are, solicitations are open to any applicant who meets the eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial screen<\/strong>: RFPs are generally open for 45 days or more. Proposals are submitted through an online portal. After the conclusion of an RFP, the Secretariat and partners perform an initial screen for qualifications and eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel review<\/strong>: Following the initial screen, a Technical Advisory Panel of domain experts reviews proposals based on selection criteria, then meet to make selections. Technical Advisory Panel members who review proposals for an RFP are not eligible to submit or collaborate on proposals for that call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notification and revisions<\/strong>: After the Technical Advisory Panel meets, the Secretariat will finalize selections or communicate any needed revisions to potential recipients. All communication and revisions will be finalized through the applicant portal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-<\/strong><strong>a<\/strong><strong>ward\u00a0<\/strong><strong>c<\/strong><strong>onfirmation<\/strong>:\u00a0Upon\u00a0notification of selection, recipients will be prompted to submit due diligence and financial information through the applicant portal.<\/p>\n<p>Potential grantees should not begin work until a contract has been signed. More details on expectations and support after a grantee begins work are available through\u00a0the\u00a0portal for current grantees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question and Answer Period:<\/strong>\u00a0All questions related to the EOI should be submitted to\u00a0secretariat@lacunafund.org\u00a0with \u201cLanguage\u00a0RFP 2022 Question\u201d in the subject line. Questions submitted by\u00a02 November\u00a0will be de-identified and answered publicly by\u00a09 November on the Lacuna Fund website in a document posted\u00a0on this page.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Please note that for this EOI, lead applicants must b<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>e headquartered in or have a substantial partnership in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eleburic.com\/7aSh\">https:\/\/lacunafund.org\/apply\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For More Information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lacunafund.org\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lacunafund.org\/apply\/\">Visit the Official Webpage of the Lacuna Fund<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, if you have queries regarding the <strong><b>Lacuna Fund Application 2025<\/b><\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Please kindly DROP A COMMENT below and we will respond to it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARE THIS POST WITH OTHERS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div class=\"aa-end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below, are the details on Lacuna Fund application form 2025 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":99648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,2591],"tags":[112668,112667,112669],"class_list":["post-99647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities","category-loans","tag-lacuna-fund","tag-lacuna-fund-application-form","tag-lacuna-fund-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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