GRANTS

OUR GRANTS - PROMOTING INNOVATION


The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) welcomes funding requests from individuals, companies, IFAI divisions, zones or other groups. Guidelines have been developed to clarify and enhance the relationship between the individual/group requesting the funds and the Foundation.

Grant Request Guidelines

Prior to consideration of the funding request, the items listed at the right must be submitted to the IFF Managing Director.

When this information is received, the IFF Managing Director will review and contact the project partner with any questions regarding the proposal.

The request will be forwarded to the IFF Board of Directors for their review. The board will act to accept or deny the request within a reasonable time period and the project partner will be notified of the board's decision

Grant Request Guidelines

Submit the Following

an explanation of how the project achieves the foundation's mission
a comprehensive scope of work
a project budget
a project schedule
a project marketing plan
the specific goals of the project, including financial/fundraising goals
an outline of specific staff and volunteer responsibilities
a staffing plan, including name(s) of project team leaders and others who will be both directly and indirectly involved
an estimate of time needed for completion of the project;
project partner contact information

Past Grant Recipients

University of NC - Greensboro for a research project on the relationships between business environemtns.
Awning Consumer Awareness Public Relations Campaign
IFAI's Safety & Protective Products Division for their Student Design Challenge
University of Texas - San Antonio for its research project on Light Emitting and Energy Generating Fabric Structures
Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum for their Extreme Textiles Exhibit
Goldstein Museum of Design for the Techno Textiles: Inner Space to Outer Space exhibition