Please read the following guidelines before using the application form:

Who can apply?:
Any individual or organization can submit a project proposal that they deem fit for any action. The proposing organization, however, must have FCRA (Foreign Currency Regulatory Authority) permission. WTI staff too is free to present proposals.

Funds available:
RAP looks for small but critical short-term interventions that will usually cost less than Rs. 50,000 and rarely exceed Rs. 100,000.

How to apply?
Fill in the application (given towards the end of this page) and send it to WTI by post, fax or e-mail (contacts listed below).

WTI can also send out the application form on request. In case of an emergency, the applicant is free to write in any format or call WTI headquarters at Delhi. Subsequently though, these formalities will have to be taken care of.

Contact persons:

Program Officer (Rapid Action Project)
eMail: rap@wti.org.in

Postal address:

Wildlife Trust of India
A-220, New Friends Colony
New Delhi-110 065
Ph: 011-26326025/26
Fax: 011-26326027

Note: In case proposals are sent as e-mail attachments, both the contacts need to be copied.

The process of RAP:
Once a proposal (presented in the format prescribed below) is received, the RAP team will process it in accordance with a standardized format. The proposal is circulated amongst the RAP team to gather views of all the members. In case there is need for more information, the RAP team consults specialists on the proposal. The team may get back to the applicant for further clarifications. After this, the proposal is presented to WTI’s RAP panel for its decision. The panel evaluates and gives comments towards acceptance or rejection of the proposal. The decision of the panel is communicated to the applicant/s. If a project is accepted, the proposer has to sign an agreement after which money/equipment etc. are released for work to begin.

The proposal is sanctioned. What next?
An agreement (as per format) is to be signed and submitted to WTI. A project inception report should be sent to WTI within one month after the project approval/money is received.

Mid-term technical progress and financial reports are to be submitted. These are necessary for the release of the balance amount that has been put aside for the project. Please note that WTI passes on the project’s funds in installments. A final technical and financial report must be submitted, as per an approved time schedule, after completion of the work. The WTI team will evaluate the project either by visiting the project site, by appointing local partners to do so and/or discussing it directly with the applicant. Also, the financial support given by WTI must be acknowledged in all reports and publications.

RAP Application Form