There are no set restrictions or preferred uses for microgrant funds. You are the expert on your project and its needs, so you should tell us what you intend to use the money for and why. Some examples of potential uses for the money include: paying stipends to people performing work for the project, purchasing software needed for the project, and ordering delicious delivery to the homes of people participating in a project meeting that has to be conducted virtually because of COVID-19.

Yes, funds can be dispersed to individuals or organizations. Individuals who receive funds will also receive a 1099 form for tax reporting.

ASAP will be developing requirements that winning projects must adhere to in order to maximize public and individual health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. These requirements will include, but are not limited to, adhering to local and state public health guidance and local and state regulations the project location.

Eligible locations are those in which there are at least 10 ASAP members within 90 miles of one another. This density threshold is meant to ensure conditions for a project that can successfully stimulate grassroots involvement in the ASAP network. ASAP will interpret eligibility of a specific location on a case by case basis. Please reach out to Breana Nehls at bnehls@adaptpros to discuss eligibility of a specific location.

Yes, all team members on an application must have an ASAP Membership in good standing. Team members can become an ASAP Member specifically for this grant application. ASAP membership is $150/year and ASAP offers a Pay What You Can Membership starting at $15/year.

Funded projects will have access to ASAP’s Zoom, Google Suite, and Youtube subscriptions. ASAP Staff will support troubleshooting, and idea-sharing across these platforms by convening project leads approximately three times during the Microgrant program year. Projects will also have access to ASAP’s Adaptation Voices communication and marketing platform, including the ASAP social media platforms and Adaptation Voices Newsletter. These platforms reach 2,000+ people from various sectors and disciplines intersecting the adaptation field.

“Building Local Knowledge Bases” focuses on  curating information about what’s working on the ground to create good adaptation and resilience work, such as case studies of successful projects. “Advancing the Dialogue” is about translating language and ideas across different contexts and disciplines to help us all move forward towards more integrated and effective adaptation and resilience initiatives.

There are two goals of this microgrant program: catalyze ASAP member projects and stimulate grassroots growth in the ASAP network. In order for a project to be stimulating growth in the network, it should include avenues for adaptation professionals to deepen their involvement in ASAP or be incentivized to join ASAP. So, while not every community stakeholder is an adaptation professional (and therefore a potential ASAP member), any strong project will touch both members and non-members. Therefore, ASAP sees these two ideas -- bringing together current ASAP members and bringing together ASAP members with other community stakeholders -- as one in the same.

ASAP is working to increase the racial diversity of our network and our connection to the Environmental Justice movement. Particularly strong projects will help ASAP do one or both of those things. All projects must answer the application question: “how does the project address justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity?”