What funding bodies actually ask for
The file before the meeting
A first meeting with a funding body is usually decided before it happens, by the documents that reached them. An incomplete file sends a project to the back of the queue rather than to the front of it.
The financial model
The model is asked for open, not printed: the reviewer wants to change the assumptions and read the result. A model that cannot be opened is a model that cannot be believed.
The technical documents
- Production line specifications and comparable offers
- The land contract, or evidence of allocation
- Environmental and industrial permits, or a schedule for completing them
After submission
The review stage is not waiting. The questions that arrive during it are a chance to firm up assumptions, and how quickly they are answered is itself part of how the project is assessed.
