IDM Accountability in Action Award 2026

Application Open:

Submission Deadline: 30 September 2026

The collection of this data complies with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), Act 4 of 2013. The information is gathered by the IDM Social Accountability Working Group for the sole purpose of reviewing and evaluating proposals submitted for the Accountability in Action Award.

Applicant Name

First NameLast Name

Email Address

Involvement in IDM community

IDM Member Group

Please provide names, positions and affiliations for any additional team members that would be involved in facilitating this activity, indicating their role in this.

If you are not a UCT member of staff (with a fund in your name) please nominate a UCT member of staff (who is a fundholder) who would assist you with disbursement of funding for your activity. Note: please contact and confirm this arrangement with the member of staff before nominating them.

Name or describe the audience/community/group/partners that you would like to partner with for this activity.

Do you currently have a relationship with this audience/community/group/partners?

Other

Give a brief rational of why you would be interested in running an activity together with this audience/community/group/partners. Include a brief background in which you identify a need that you think should be served or a gap that should be filled.(maximum of 300 words)

Give an outline of the proposed activity that you would like to run together with the audience/community/group/partners.Summarise this activity for a lay audience. Include information on why the work is important, what you intend to do. Include details such as the purpose, the activity, the numbers of people involved, the facilitation given, the venue envisioned (if one is needed), the resources required. (maximum of 500 words)

List what you think the expected outcomes from this activity will be

Estimated total budget (Rands). Please keep costs between R5 000 - R20 000

Give an expected timeline for this activity. This can be given as a narrative or a list

How will you assess whether your activity has had an impact on the audience/community/group/partners that it has included? Describe what outcomes or changes you hope to see resulting from this activity and how you could measure this

What support from the IDM (or elsewhere) do you think you would require to successfully undertake this activity?

If you are awarded support to drive this initiative, would you agree to report back to the IDM community through a presentation session?

IDM Social Accountability Working Group: Accountability in Action Application