Creative Force

We pay the grant to the Swedish applicant organisation. The procedure differs slightly depending on which type of funding we have granted you:

Seed Funding
You will receive all the money in one payment when you have returned the signed Agreement to us.

Collaborative projects which last up to 12 months 

• We will pay 90 per cent of the grant when we have received the signed Agreement from you.
• We will pay the remaining 10 per cent at the end of the project when we have received and approved your written report, financial report and audit.

Collaborative projects which last longer than 12 months 

• We will pay 50 per cent of the grant when we have received the signed Agreement from you.
• We will pay a further 40 per cent when we have received and approved your interim report.
• You will be paid the final 10 per cent when we have received and approved your final written report, financial report and audit.

If you need to make any changes during the course of the project you must contact the Swedish Institute in advance:

• Changes to project activities: fill in Revised activity plan and send it to creativeforce@si.se.
• Changes to the budget: fill in Revised budget form and send it to creativeforce@si.se.

Yes, on the following conditions:

• You have been granted funding for a collaborative project
• The amount you want to transfer is over SEK 100,000

You must draw up an agreement between you and your partner and send a copy to the Swedish Institute before you make the transfer. Please use this template  Agreement transfer of funding

Please note that if you make this type of transfer we require a separate local audit of this money at the end of the project.

We do not require a local audit if you transfer funds to your project partner for expenses which have already arisen – on condition that they can provide you with invoices or receipts for these costs.

You need to report back to us at the end of the project using our reporting tool. You will find a link to the reporting tool and the questionnaire below. Please note that you can pause the questionnaire at any time. When you do this you will receive a unique link that you can use to resume the questions later on.

At the end of the project you must also send us a financial report and certification of financial report. The  Instructions for financial reporting will help you with the financial report. You will find the deadline for final reporting in your Agreement with the Swedish Institute.

• Template for the financial report (all regions)
• Template for certification of financial report (all regions)

Send the signed financial report and certification of financial report to creativeforce@si.se.

Link to the reporting tool.

If your Collaborative Project lasted up to 12 months
You need to report back to us at the end of the project using our reporting tool. You will find a link to the reporting tool and the questionnaire below. Please note that you can pause the questionnaire at any time. When you do this you will receive a unique link that you can use to resume the questions later on.

At the end of the project you must also send us a financial report and an audit. Please read the Instructions for financial reporting and Audit Instructions.

Make sure you send the following to your auditor: 1) audit instructions, 2) your Agreement with SI, and 3) the project’s agreed budget (the latest version if there have been approved changes during the project).

You will find the deadline for final reporting in your Agreement with the Swedish Institute.

• Template for the financial report (all regions)

Send the signed financial report and audit to creativeforce@si.se.

Link to the reporting tool.

If your Collaborative Project lasts over 12 months:
Step 1: You must send us an interim report by the deadline given in your Agreement. After this we will pay the next installment of the grant. Use the following forms for your interim report:

• Interim report
• Interim financial report
• Certification of financial report

Email these documents to creativeforce@si.se.

Step 2: You need to report back to us at the end of the project using our reporting tool. You will find a link to the reporting tool and the questionnaire below. Please note that you can pause the questionnaire at any time. When you do this you will receive a unique link that you can use to resume the questions later on.

At the end of the project you must also send us a financial report and an audit. Please read the Instructions for financial reporting and Audit Instructions.

Make sure you send the following to your auditor: 1) audit instructions, 2) your Agreement with SI, and 3) the project’s agreed budget (the latest version if there have been approved changes during the project).

You will find the deadline for final reporting in your Agreement with the Swedish Institute.

• Template for the financial report (all regions)

Send the signed financial report and audit to creativeforce@si.se.

Link to the reporting tool.

We do not need an audit if we have granted you Seed Funding.

If you have received funding for a Collaborative Project (over SEK 100,000) you must send us an audit carried out by a qualified, external auditor as part of your final reporting (see FAQ above).

Read these detailed Audit Instructions and send them to your auditor.

If you have more than SEK 1,000 left at the end of the project you must repay the Swedish Institute.

Do not make any repayment until we have approved your final report. We will send you payment instructions.

If you want to apply for funding in a different CF region: Yes

(The CF regions are: 1. Africa, 2. Asia, 3. MENA, 4. Eastern Europe & Türkiye)

If you want to apply for funding in the same CF region, the following applies:

• You have an ongoing seed project and you want to scale it up by applying for a collaborative project: You are welcome to submit a new application. However, you must have completed the seed project before we make our funding decisions. That means that you must send in your final report for the seed project by 28 February. NB: this deadline applies irrespective of the deadline for submitting your final report in your contract with SI.
• You have an ongoing collaborative project and you want to apply for a new collaborative project: You are welcome to submit a new application. However, you must have completed the collaborative project before we make our funding decisions. That means that you must send in your final report for the collaborative project by 28 February. NB: this deadline applies irrespective of the deadline for submitting your final report in your contract with SI.
• You have an ongoing seed project and you want to apply for a new seed project: You are welcome to submit a new application. We will pay special attention to your organisational capacity when we assess your application.
• You have an ongoing collaborative project and you want to apply for a new seed project: You are welcome to submit a new application. We will pay special attention to your organisational capacity when we assess your application.