Are you a graduate student club, group, or organization and want help funding your events?
Receive up to $2,000 in funding for your events per academic year!
Funded expenses can include:
- A/V Equipment Rental
- Decorations
- Facilities & Room/Space Rental
- Marketing Items (stickers, flyers, brochures, etc)
- Stickers from Sticker Giant or Stomp Stickers.
- Printing through Fedex, UPS, or Next Day Flyers
- Food/beverage
- Physical Gift Cards
- Must be for one of the following businesses: Amazon, Target, Starbucks, The Hill, or UCI Dining
- Minimum value of $25 and maximum value of $75 for each card; maximum limit of $1,000 total for all cards
- An individual can only receive a maximum value of $75 per event
- Speaker Fees (Speaker contracts only, no honorariums)
Other items are not funded:
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Awards/Trophies
- Banquets
- Conference Fees
- E-Gift Cards
- Fundraisers
- Off-Campus Events
- Operational Expenses
- Outreach
- Parking Expenses
- Retreats
- Reunion Events
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Security/Staffing
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Summer Events
- Third Party Entertainment or Service Vendors
- Travel
1. eligibility
- Be registered as a full time UCI graduate or professional student
- Event must be advertised widely to the graduate student body at UCI
- Event date is within the provided time frame
- If awarded, must provide receipts for reimbursement and list of attendees (sign in sheet required)
- Past events are not eligible for funding
- Event is non-political and in compliance with UC policy (PACAOS 66.00)
3. submit your application
Fund requests must be sent 3-4 weeks minimum before the event
Applications will be accepted and reviewed by the funding committee on a rolling basis and are due by 5pm on the deadline stated. Be sure to submit your application to allow for enough time for review!
If there are any extenuating circumstances where you need funding earlier, please email vpfinance@ags.uci.edu
4. event pitch
sell us your idea!
After submitting your application, the VP of Finance will contact you to set up a meeting time to pitch your idea to the AGS Funding Committee. This is your time to shine and sell your event!
5. Receive notification of funding
Great news! You’re funding request has been accepted!
Funding is not guaranteed and we strongly encourage you to apply far enough in advance to secure external funding if needed. After 2-6 weeks you will receive notice of approval. Now it’s time to execute your event.
6. Carry out the event
Document everything and keep your receipts!
When it is time to execute your event it is important to document the event as well as keep receipts of everything.
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