Abstract Embassy-based mall grant schemes provide opportunities for local actors to achieve development and human security functionings that are locally valued but may otherwise go unaddressed; however, accessing these funds is highly competitive, with only a fraction of applicant claims being successful and resulting in funding. This qualitative study explores the factors behind successful grant-seeking from the perspectives of grant scheme managers and evaluators. It explores how accessing small grant schemes is mediated by a system of practices and preferences at both the personal and programme level. The study highlights how some processes and patterns inherent in small grant schemes can result in capital-rich actors being more successful, counter-normative to the inclusive aims of such grant programmes; however, interviews also highlight an awareness of these barriers by grant programme staff, and indicate a number of practices to enable greater accessibility. Interviewees report that local actors who are able to construct effective narratives can compensate for disparities in other social and cultural capital.

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切入点：在使馆级小额赠款计划中探索应用程序评估和程序可访问性

摘要基于大使馆的购物中心赠款计划为当地参与者提供了机会，以实现当地重视但无法解决的发展和人类安全职能；但是，获得这些资金的竞争非常激烈，只有一小部分申请人的要求获得成功并获得了资金。这项定性研究从赠款计划管理者和评估者的角度探讨了成功寻求​​赠款的因素。它探讨了在个人和计划层面上如何通过实践和偏好系统来调解小额赠款计划。该研究强调了小额赠款计划固有的某些过程和模式如何导致资本丰富的参与者更成功，与此类赠款计划的包容性目标背道而驰；然而，访谈还强调了赠款计划工作人员对这些障碍的认识，并指出了一些使可及性更强的做法。受访者报告说，能够构建有效叙事的地方演员可以弥补其他社会和文化资本的差距。