What happens after you apply?
Applicants are very often (and rightly so!) curious as to what happens after they have submitted their application. Read on to find out!
If you have Pre-submitted your application prior to the closing date, we will have a close look at it to see that it has addressed all the necessary criteria. If you have not addressed the selection criteria to your best advantage or attached sufficient supporting material, a Trustee will contact you to help you focus your application and give you the best chance of success. You can presubmit as many times as you feel necessary, or the Trustees feel necessary.
Once submission date of 30 September has arrived, no further applications will be received. The online application is automatically set to not receive submissions after midnight of 30 September.
The Trustees will have a special meeting to assess the applications and determine if they have met the criteria (as outlined on the website and on the application form). They will then categorise the submissions according to the field of arts/genre you are applying for. Once this has been determined, the Trustees consider professionals who have excelled in their chosen form of art and the Trustees invite them to be Adjudicators.
ADJUDICATION PROCESS: The Trustees hand over all the applications to the independent Adjudicators, chosen based on their expertise and experience in the various disciplines of the applicants for that year. The Adjudicators meet with each other to determine the outcome of each application, ensuring that the selection criteria of the application has been addressed. The RJAFTA Secretary and any other Trustees may attend the Adjudicator’s meeting, to oversee the process and to ensure that the process is followed with due diligence. The adjudication process can sometimes be quite lengthy. When the Adjudicators have reached a decision and recommended a recipient, the successful applicant will be advised by December 1st and unsuccessful applicants will be advised shortly afterwards: