# Applying for Funding #### Status of the funding process Select a country from the drop-down list to see information on the current status of the funding process on the Data Explorer. -- Select a country --- Afghanistan Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State) Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Colombia Comoros Congo Congo (Democratic Republic) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic) Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Lao (Peoples Democratic Republic) Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Multicountry Africa ECSA-HC Multicountry Caribbean CARICOM-PANCAP Multicountry East Asia and Pacific RAI Multicountry HIV Latin America ALEP Multicountry HIV SEA AFAO Multicountry HIV EECA APH Multicountry MENA HRA Multicountry MENA Key Populations Multicountry Southern Africa MOSASWA Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Russian Federation Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Tajikistan Tanzania (United Republic) Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe As described in the [overview of the grant life cycle](/en/grant-life-cycle/ "Grant Life Cycle"), applying for funding begins when eligible applicants who have received an allocation develop and submit funding requests to the Global Fund. The goal of the applying for funding stage is to ultimately design quality grants that are ready for implementation before the current grants end. Funding requests are the [package of documents](/en/grant-life-cycle/applying-for-funding/funding-request-documents/ "Funding Request Documents") [submitted](/en/grant-life-cycle/applying-for-funding/submission/ "Submission") by applicants (typically the Country Coordinating Mechanism) that tell the Global Fund how the allocation funding will be invested into country disease programs and why the requested investments were chosen as a priority. When applying for funding, applicants also indicate which Principal Recipients (PRs) will be managing the investments. Funding requests provide a broad look at the investments being requested, often with investments across disease programs and PRs, and are developed by the applicant. In comparison, grants are a legal agreement between the Global Fund and a single PR, developed through grant-making negotiations. Generally, applicants will structure their funding requests based on the Global Fund’s [Modular Framework](/media/mbmbjftc/cr_gc8-modular-framework_handbook_en.pdf "cr_gc8-modular-framework_handbook_en.pdf") which provides standard modules, interventions and performance indicators that are aligned with World Health Organization (WHO) guidance. Applicants are also able to base their funding requests on National Strategic Plan priority areas or on a Payment for Results scheme. The Global Fund has different funding request expectations depending on country context and the scope of the Global Fund’s investment in a country. These “[funding request application packages](/en/grant-life-cycle/applying-for-funding/gc8-applications/ "GC8 Applications")” have different requirements and [review processes](/en/grant-life-cycle/applying-for-funding/review/ "Review"). In their allocation letters, eligible countries receiving an allocation are informed of the allocation amount, which application approach they are asked to use, and other important details. To assist applicants in optimizing the available funding, the Global Fund publishes core applicant guidance. Applicants will take many [planning considerations](/en/grant-life-cycle/applying-for-funding/planning/ "Planning") into account when organizing how they will develop funding requests and turn them into grants.