- It is ubiquitously said that we need to keep our REAP SMART. The scholarship believes in our
capabilities but in reality, the goal is to deliver and scale your development programs in a
short period of time
- When can we consider as difficult goals?
- If you do not have enough funds or immediate connections to run your program,
then it becomes farfetched to your assessor even if your proposal is possible.
- If the proposal is not as tangible or visual as your REAP describes, then you may
struggle in relaying to your assessor what you really want to execute. When you say
tangible, it is a project with an output that you can easily be put into words. A
working example would be a business template proposal, a modernised bus stop
blueprint, or a mobile application prototype. By materialising your proposal, it
becomes clearer to your assessor what really is the output of your REAP.
- Scaling down your targeted audience or organisation to a more specific
demographics defines a better monitoring. If you consider a small group of
beneficiaries in your closest proximity, the project would be easier to supervise and
observe. Additionally, you can receive quicker feedback and you can write reports to
Australia Awards immediately.
- Finally, during your execution, you can always go beyond your REAP program. It does not
mean that you have limited and scoped your content you will go to a pulled-punch. You are
more than welcome to create more REAPs as long as you already finished your proposed
project for Australia Awards.
