GRANT PROGRAM - SIFE announces 2010 HSBC Financial Literacy Grant Awards in January 2010.
Over 390 applications were received. 316 SIFE teams in 21 countries were awarded a HSBC Financial Literacy Grant. Projects are underway!
Please refer to 2010 Awards List.
The key criteria for 2010 grants remain the same as past years:
- Quality: A quality project with clear, relevant and realistic goals
- Results: A commitment to deliver meaningful and measurable results that will have a positive impact on financial literacy education in both the short-term and long-term
- Challenging and innovative: Challenging and innovative project that has the potential to reach a large audience
- Sustainability: A well thought-through action plan to ensure the sustainability of the project's achievements including effective budgeting, the use of teamwork and/or partnerships and knowledge sharing; and,
- SIFE Criteria 4: The project is likely to fulfill the fourth SIFE competition judging criteria for 2008-2009 (i.e. "How effectively did the SIFE team measure and demonstrate that it created economic opportunity by helping others develop the financial management skills necessary to achieve financial independence?").