What We Look For

In general, the criteria for project selection will centre on the opportunity to break a bottleneck, surface a new issue or reframe an old one, take advantage of a current or coming tipping point, or expand a proven solution in concert with others.

Threshold Criteria

These are criteria that must be met for the project to be considered by the NTR Foundation Advisory Board.

• Mission aligned to the NTR Foundation i.e. organisations, programmes or projects must fit within the three thematic areas of climate change, security of energy supply and resource sustainability.
• Organisations, programmes or projects that approach these themes in a positive/solutions-oriented manner.
• Organisations, programmes or projects that can demonstrate a positive societal and environmental impact within the grant period.

Substantive Criteria

These are criteria against which the merits of the project will be assessed by the NTR Foundation Advisory Board.

• Organisations/programmes or projects with a clear vision that brings about change.
• Organisations/programmes or projects that present a service or advocacy opportunity.
• Programmes or projects that match NTR Group Businesses’ fields of work.
• Programmes/projects that facilitate both financial and non-financial support e.g. those where grant funding will be used to support both core (organisational capacity) and project funding requirements.
• Organisations must be well-led with ambition and should ideally be able to demonstrate a proven track-record of success.
• Geographies and levels (Government, regional, local, community) will be for the NTR Group Business to determine.