Email from the Arts Council today…..Thank you for making an application to Artists’ International Development fund.
We have completed our eligibility check and can confirm that your application is eligible to be considered for funding through AIDF. We will aim to let you know our decision by Friday 14 March 2014.
I sent it on the deadline date of 7 February and have only just got this reply. This either means (I assume) that they have had a huge amount of applications OR they just don’t have enough staff to review them all. (Or Both)
The original guidelines said I would know the outcome by the end of February, but adding another two weeks on is prolonging the agony further.
I know I should be feeling more cheerful about this as at least we now know we are on the right track and the application actually made sense …. But….
Then of course … ‘There is a high demand for our grants and we cannot fund all the eligible applications we receive. As a result, we advise you to think about what you will do if we cannot fund your activity.’
Today I have finger nails, but by mid March I won’t :-(
