Supplemental Funding for Student Programs

There are several sources for supplemental funding for student programs across campus.  Check out the side links for each source’s policies and procedures, and also for the Common Application for Supplemental Funding, which can be submitted online to request funds from those sources.

It’s important to have your budget plan organized before you meet with supplemental funding sources.  It is strongly suggested that you:

• Compile all of the cost and expenditure information related to your request
• Create a detailed and easy to read itemized budget
  • Make sure that anyone—especially someone with no knowledge about your event—can read and understand your budget
  • Write out an explanation for anything that may not be obvious to a casual observer
  • Provide justification for your prices and expenditures.  Where did you get the price quotes?  Why do you need the items on the budget?  How did you reach your total cost figure?  Have you checked other vendors or searched for cheaper prices?
• Write a brief description explaining why you are requesting money
  • This is your opportunity to justify your request and make your case
  • All funding sources have limited resources and want to help as many students as possible
  • Tell the sources how the allocation will help you/the campus/the school
  • Make sure your reasons match the mandate and restrictions of the sources you plan on approaching
  • Include a list of the people who will benefit from the allocation
• Write a list of all of the sources you are asking for money
  • Include the amount requested from each source
  • Include the amount to be contributed by you or your organization
  • The list should be made before approaching any sources; however, once you begin to request money, update the list with final allocation figures.  Always provide every source with all of the information at your disposal.
• Get your Department ID number (the number in Peoplesoft) and transfer information
  • Contact the Student Activities Coordinator if your organization does not have an account number

There are several links at the left to explore.  Can’t find what you’re looking for?  Come see us in person!  We’re in the Paresky Center, suite 219, at the top of the main staircases.

Doug Schiazza, Director of Campus Life, x3696

Tim Leonard, Student Activities Coordinator, x4191