Call for Proposals: Media Innovation Small Grants (Pakistan)

Ideas

• Examples of ideas may include, but are not limited to:
  • Audience-related projects: For example, conducting an audience research study for media organisation, or implementing an audience growth and development strategy.
  • Business-related projects: For example, testing a new business model, or experimenting with a new revenue stream (such as subscriptions etc.).
  • Building new products: For example, developing a news app, newsletter, or subscription-based service etc.

Funding Information

• Grants will be up to Rs.370000 each.
• Duration: Four months

Eligibility Criteria

• Media organisations must be based in Pakistan.
• Media organisations must produce public interest content, adhere to principles of ethical journalism and be non-partisan.
• Media organisations must be digital and demonstrate that they have been operational for at least the past two years.
• Media organisations must not be associated with legacy print or broadcast media houses.
• Applicants must submit a proposal for a specific project through the application form. The proposal must include a budget breakdown for expenses related to the project.
• Applicants must have a team of at least two individuals who will commit to grant activity and project completion, if selected.
• Applicants must be willing to share their organization’s audience-related statistics at the start and end of the project, if required.
• Proposals that identify a specific problem to solve, indicate an understanding of the audience, show value of the proposed project in terms of business viability, and communicate a vision for the news organisation’s growth and sustainability will be preferred.
• Media organisations can submit multiple proposals through separate applications but only one grant will be awarded per media organisation.

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