Unsolicited Concept Note / Unsolicited Proposal Funding Mechanism

• Concept note
• Signed financial statements for the last two fiscal years
• Organization Attestation signed by the organization’s chief financial officer

Who is eligible?

• Canadian organizations
• Non-Canadian organizations

Who is not eligible

• Organizations without legal status
• Organizations with weak financial standing
• Applicants unable to show project delivery capacity
• Organizations whose objectives conflict with Canadian policy or development priorities

Eligible expenses

• Costs associated with preparing a concept note or proposal are at your own expense and are not reimbursed before a funding agreement is signed.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Notes conceptuelles soumises en format PDF
• Projects that forecast a deficit
• Projects whose costs are primarily related to the creation and/or maintenance of a website unrelated to the Program’s objectives
• Projects taking place primarily outside Canada
• Activities that are primarily religious in nature or advocate for specific political parties

Eligible geographic areas

• Official development assistance-eligible countries

• Applications are evaluated according to their level of compliance with each evaluation criterion and receive an overall rating of Strong, Acceptable, Needs Improvement, Weak, or Inacceptable.
• Unsolicited applications and call-based proposals are not assessed competitively or ranked against each other.
• For full proposals, the evaluation includes merit-based assessment of the proposal as a whole.

• Review the concept note guidance and the Questions and Answers on funding applications.
• Prepare the application package, including the concept note, signed financial statements, and the Organization Attestation.
• Submit the request through the Partners@International portal.
• If your organization is not registered in the portal, request registration first.
• If your organization is already registered, sign in, click “Propositions,” then click “Créer une proposition.”

• Applications that are not submitted through the Partners@International portal will not be considered submitted.
• If your organization is not yet registered, you may submit a registration request through the portal and up to ten working days may be required before registration is complete.
• Once invited to submit a full proposal, the invitation will include the application form, budget table, and a list of other documents to include.
• Applications received on or after April 1, 2019 must adhere to the Policy on Cost-Sharing.

• Partenaires@International is optimized for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.
• If your registration request has already been processed and an account created, you can sign in to update your organization profile or attached documents.
• For technical questions about the portal only, contact partners-partenaires@international.gc.ca.