Extension Policy

• Residents may request an extension of their stay, up to 90 days.

• The criteria for extensions begins low, and increases with cumulative stay.

• The primary requirement for your first extension is that you are a good fit with our community and not disruptive.

• The primary requirement for your second extension is that you have been productively engaged here, with a secondary consideration that it is a significant improvement vs the likely counterfactual.

• The primary requirement for your third extension is that you are planning your next steps, or already executing on such a plan. For many grantees this will look like applying for jobs, grants, fellowships etc.

Exceptions to the policy are possible , subject to discussion by managers, trustees and advisors.

Through successive extensions, grantees may stay at CEEALAR up to 1 year, although this is a soft cap rather than an absolute limit.

Exceptions to the policy are possible , subject to discussion by managers, trustees and advisors.

CEEALAR acts as an incubator, where grantees can develop skills and cultivate their project(s) before going out in the world.

As comfy a nest as it may be, grantees would do better to think of CEEALAR as a stepping stone towards greater things.

People who have already received a grant can only apply for another one if it wouldn't result in them having spent more time as grantees than not in the last 2 years.

e.g. One who has been a grantee for 1 year will need to wait for another year before they can re-apply.

Exceptions to the policy are possible , subject to discussion by managers, trustees and advisors.