NCDXF - Grant Application

Support Grant Application

This page was updated March 27, 2008.

The Foundation makes cash grants to projects it believes will benefit amateur radio in general and DXing in particular. Information provided in an application for support is confidential and will be used only to evaluate the application.

Applications must be made by completing the form below and submitting it to NCDXF by clicking on the [Submit Application] button at the end of the form.

Please include all the information requested by the form below. This will speed the review of your application. The entire Board of Directors reviews each application for assistance, so normally you should allow two months lead time for action.

Support Guidelines

The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) is a US non-profit organization which provides financial support to individuals and groups who use amateur radio communications to advance and promote education, science and international goodwill. Well-designed amateur radio DXpeditions to rare and unusual locations usually meet this criterion.

Major support is normally restricted to expeditions that generate world-wide interest by going to locations high on the most-wanted lists published by various organizations around the world.

A smaller amount of support is sometimes awarded to other expeditions and projects which in the judgment of the NCDXF Directors are unusually strong in supporting the goals of the NCDXF. Expeditions to unusual locations as defined by the Islands on the Air (IOTA) program, Grid Square awards and various radio contests are not supported unless the support can be justified without reference to these activities.

Operations restricted to unusual communications such as RTTY, satellite, EME, VHF and UHF are not supported, although HF CW and SSB operations that we do support are welcome to use these modes as an enhancement.

A basic philosophy of the NCDXF is that expedition participants themselves should have a significant financial stake in their expedition and that the expedition should be likely to proceed even without financial support from the NCDXF.

Before support is awarded to an expedition, the Directors of the NCDXF review the qualifications of the proposed radio operators, the appropriateness of the equipment and antennas to be used, the operating plans, the licensing and landing permission, the amount of time planned for the operation and the adherence to generally accepted guidelines for such expeditions to ascertain that the expedition is well-designed and likely to succeed.

The NCDXF encourages applicants to be active financial contributors to the Foundation.

* Please note that the boxes labeled Required Input must be filled in, or the grant application can not be processed.

DXpedition Callsign (if known):
Proposed Destination(s):
Date(s) of Operation: (If not known, please fill in your best estimate)	* Required Input
Applicant's Callsign:	* Required Input
Name:	* Required Input
Date of Application:
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
Email address:	* Required Input
Web Site URL:
If your DXpedition has a web site and the resources to do so, please provide a link back to this web site on your site.
Is landing permission(s) needed?	Yes No
If “yes”, has landing permission(s) been granted?	Yes No
Has operating permission(s) been granted?	Yes No
Applicant needs to confirm that supporting documentation exists and will be made available to NCDXF if requested.
Modes of Operation:	CW SSB RTTY Other
Bands of Operation:	160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 Other
QSL Manager Name:
QSL Manager Callsign:
QSL Manager Mailing Address:
Place on ARRL (if other, please specify) Most Needed list:
Date of List:
Please list team members, including name, callsign, previous DXpedition and/or contesting experience and any other information you think would be helpful to the NCDXF in assessing the likelihood of success of the operation.
Rigs and antennas to be used:
Please detail your proposed expense budget, in U.S. Dollars, for the operation. Normally the NCDXF expects each operator to pay for his or her own regular transportation to and from the operating destination or the nearest point of regular commercial service plus some portion of any extraordinary transportation costs:
Please detail your proposed income budget, in U.S. Dollars, for the operation, including the amount that each operator will contribute to the total. If expenses exceed income, we assume that the DXpedition operators will make up the difference:
What grant amount, in U.S. Dollars, are you requesting from the NCDXF?
Please explain any special circumstances we should understand to properly evaluate your application:
In applying for a grant from the NCDXF, you agree to abide by the following Guidelines: 1. All QSLs sent directly with a proper SASE and sufficient postage or funds will be responded to directly. This includes cards sent via commercial QSL services. All other QSLs will be responded to, but may be sent via the bureau. 2. The NCDXF logo (available here on the NCDXF website) will be prominently displayed on the QSL cards. 3. NCDXF stuffers (provided by NCDXF) will be included with outgoing direct QSL cards. 4. Applicant needs to confirm that supporting documentation exists (licenses, landing permission, etc.) and that it will be made available to NCDXF if requested. 5. The DXpedition will provide an article for the NCDXF newsletter within 90 days of concluding the DXpedition. If feasible, the DXpedition will also provide a slide show or video of the operation to the NCDXF for use in its lending library. 6. The DXpedition is requested to upload its logs to the ARRL Logbook of the World (LOTW) within 18 months on conclusion of the DXpedition. 7. NCDXF shall have no responsibility for and no liability arising from any activity that results from the funding of this application. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the NCDXF for any claims arising from such activity. On pressing the 'Submit Application' button below, you are indicating that you have read and accept the guidelines above.

You should receive an email acknowledgement of your application on submission.