To gain a firm sense of the areas that OSIWA is interested in supporting, grant seekers should carefully review OSIWA programs and priorities prior to submitting proposals.

Proposals should be sent to our Dakar office by e-mail at proposals@osiwa.org. Electronic proposal submissions are preferred because they allow OSIWA program staff to acknowledge receipt immediately and notify the grant seeker if any additional information is needed.

The Executive Director

Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
Street Address: Immeuble EPI, Boulevard du Sud and
Rue des Ecrivains, Point E, Dakar
Postal Address: B.P. 008, Dakar-Fann, Senegal

Proposal Guidelines

Proposal writing is a challenging enterprise. In preparing the proposal, the organization seeking a grant must demonstrate its capacity to address a need. But funders are diverse, and have different criteria for giving support. Prior to submitting a proposal, the grant seeker should research each funder's mission, strategic priorities and budget. Indeed, the potential grantee greatly increases the likelihood of receiving funding by seeking support for respective components of its work from the appropriate source.

Click here for OSIWA proposal guidelines.