HELP! Creating courseware with Articulate isn't a creative industry

Jan 29, 2015

Katrina Owens
By Katrina Owens

Hi,

I've been rejected for a grant today. It is intended to support start-ups in the creative industry in my small country, and includes the category Software and Apps.

Today my grant application has been rejected on the grounds that my idea, which is to convert conventional knowledge transfer materials into interactive courses using Articulate, isn't creative.

I intend to complain about this. I think it is because the area of knowledge the courses will support is technical in the first instance, though subsequent areas may not be similar. What do you think? Is creating courseware a creative process? They have obviously judged it as being technical, and I suspect have failed to research the idea properly.

Please comment. I would like to use the opinions of people skilled in this area as part of my complaint, and I need to act quickly in response to the rejection. Even if I don't get the grant, I would like to open eyes and question the judgement of the panel.

Thanks,

Communikat

6 Replies
Julie Stelter
9 years ago01/29/15 at 9:17 pm (UTC)

Hi Katrina, Getting turned down for a grant can be tough. It is hard to know for sure about your particular situation but you may find you are more successful if you choose a different category other than Software and Apps. I think what you are doing is creating an educational program using a creative-producing software. But you are not creating software, you are creating a more creative way to train people. This is excellent work and needed in any country.

Finding a grantmaker that matches the output you are creating will be more fruitful than changing a grantmaker's mind. If you are creating something they do not wish to fund, appealing to them may just prolong your frustration.

Cheers, Julie

 

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