The Directory of Social Change (DSC) have produced a report looking at some of the reasons for funding applications being rejected as ineligible. The report is based on research that DSC have carried out with 2,500 funders.

Findings

DSC found that 36% of applications to these funders were ineligible because applications didn't meet funder's criteria, information was missing, or the funder wasn't sufficiently clear in making their criteria known. 113 of the 2,500 found 90% of their applications to be ineligible.

The Report

The report - Ineligible Applications: the Wasted Work of the Voluntary Sector - can be downloaded from the DSC website.

DSC also have a page on their website looking at Top tips to reduce ineligible applications

Follow Up

One of the blogs on the NCVO website has picked up on some of the findings in the DSC report. See 'What can we do about so many wasted grant applications?' for details of the ongoing conversation.