Inside ISSF

Application submission and first review

• Member Federations must send their application with all required documents to the ISSF Office.
• As a first step, the application will be reviewed by the ISSF Office for completeness.

Eligibility requirements

For an application to be eligible, it must include:

1. A presentation and description of the existing shooting facilities, including information on equipment;
2. Information on the number of athletes, coaches, and judges involved in shooting sport under the Member Federation;
3. Information on shooting sport competitions organized by the Member Federation and/or competitions in which its athletes have participated over the past five years;
4. Information on the total budget of the proposed project and the amount requested from the ISSF Development Fund.

Additional prerequisites:

• Member Federations must demonstrate activity within the shooting sport, i.e. by regularly organizing national shooting sport competitions.
• Member Federations must have existing shooting facilities or facilities under construction.
• Each Member Federation may apply for a grant of up to €20,000.
• Applications are only eligible if all yearly membership fees are fully paid by the Member Federations.

Application status

• If all required information and documentation is provided and fees are paid, the application will be submitted for consideration to the Board of Trustees (BoT).
• If information and/or documentation is missing or membership fees are outstanding, the ISSF Office will contact the Member Federation to request completion.

Board of Trustees review

• The BoT meets twice per year:
  • First half of the year: ISSF Development Fund – Summer Programme
  • Second half of the year: ISSF Development Fund – Winter Programme
• The application deadlines are fixed every year:
  • 30 June
  • 31 December

After the BoT decision

• All Member Federations that have applied to the ISSF Development Fund will be informed of the outcome.
• If the application is approved, the Member Federation will receive instructions on how to proceed to receive the funds.
• If approved but still missing some information, the Member Federation will be given a deadline to provide what is missing:
  • If the deadline is met, instructions to receive the funds will follow.
  • If not, the application will be moved to the next programme and considered there.

Receiving the funds

• The Member Federation is responsible for the order the approved equipment from its chosen supplier.
• The Member Federation must then submit proof of payment to the ISSF Office.
• Once the proof of payment received and evaluated to the satisfaction of the ISSF Office, ISSF Accounting will proceed with the reimbursement of the total amount granted to the Member Federation, up to a maximum of €20,000.