EC Survey Presentation
Graduate Council May-19 Minutes
Apply for the Uncommon Fund
Student Government is proud to announce, after a slight delay, the formation of the Uncommon Funding Committee. This fund will be responsible for allocation $60,000 this year to students in the form of grants. ANY student can apply for ANYTHING!
To download an application, click here. They are due at Midnight on February 18th. Funds will be allocated on or before March 14th.
Attend a Grant Writing Workshop with members of the Committee on February the 4th at 8 PM in McCormick Tribune Lounge. Free food!
Committee Membership:
- Amanda Steele – Third Year College Student, in the ACLU Chapter on campus
- Ben Field – Third Year College Student, in Parliamentary Debate and Model Untied Nations
- Ryan Kaminski - Third Year College Student, former member of College Council who served on SGFC
- Devika Persaud – Third year College Student and current member of College Council.
- Maria Sierra - Graduate Student in the BSD
- Jay Kim – Third year College Student and current member of College Council who serves on CORSO
- Hui Ying Chan – Third Year College Student, in the Circus Club, MODA, Ballroom Team, Asian Student Union and many other RSOs
Along with a representative from the Student Government Executive Slate and from ORCSA.
The Slate will be nominating Amanda Steeele for the position of Chair and the Assembly will vote to confirm her in this position tonight at the Assembly meeting.
Written by Scott
Per class students: Can a CTA Fare Machine be bought with this money?
Comment by Jarrod WOlf — January 29, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
Write a proposal! I thought there was a long line and it was way more then $60,000…
Comment by Scott — January 29, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
We have been in line for a CTA fare machine forever (via a request through the University’s transportation office) and writing a grant proposal will not advance our place in line- this is a CTA matter, not a University issue. It seems other citizens of Chicago have no problem planning ahead and refilling their transit cards when they are at a train station or by simply using a Chicago Card Plus. CTA fare machines are available not only at the green and red line garfield stops but also at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Comment by Debra Noe — January 29, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
So it seems like a proposal wouldn’t do so well, given the line…
Comment by Scott — January 30, 2008 @ 8:57 am
Can we have an evening bus service from Gleacher center to Metra station at 9pm. A lot of students use Metra and this would be really appreciated.
I think Kellogg provide such a service to its students
Comment by Agarwal — January 30, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
Would you vote to fund my purchase of a BMW if I gave free rides to all the committee members?
Comment by a dashing fellow — January 31, 2008 @ 11:13 am
To answer two questions:
- The extra bus service is actually in the works, I will make sure to post something about it when we get the minutes from the last Transportation Student Advisory Board meeting. The talk is to revamp the 173 to provide such a service.
- I hate to say it, but a BMW is a little too pricey for this fund. Maybe try Annual Allocations? ;)
http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2008/M/M5Sedan/default.aspx
Disclaimer: neither of these bodies would ever fund anything which personally benefits a single student, nor would they ever take bribes.
Comment by Scott — January 31, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
Would you guys fund a student film with about 25 people working on it? Fire Escape doesn’t cover most of the costs.
Comment by flip — February 3, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
That really depends on the application.
We’ll be posting some key questions that the committee will ask of every application. One of these is how many students does it affect.
A very expensive thing should affect a lot of student’s lives.
Another question is whether there is why the uncommon fund. Are there other grants or pools of money (Fire escape, sgfc, fota) that you could apply for? Why do you NEED the Uncommon Fund?
Comment by Scott — February 3, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Can I apply for a labtop? I dont have one but it will make my student life on campus better. Or is this grant just for clubs and stuff.
Comment by anonomyous — February 5, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
You can apply for anything. But I think it’d be hard for you to make a case for why ~$1,000 of student money should only go to a single student…
[to break down the math, $1,000 is 1/60th of the fund and you are only 1/14,000 of the student body, not a really fair distribution of funds]
Try to think bigger picture. What’s something that could be purchased for campus which would help more students? Maybe we could have laptops to rent or borrow? Just an idea, you’d need to work out the how.
Comment by Scott — February 5, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
How long do you have to use the money you receive from the Uncommon Fund?
Comment by Anonymous — February 7, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
The funds will be available through next fall quarter.
There is one caveat and that is one of the criteria proposals will be capability. So if you want to spend money next year you need to demonstrate that the people and institution will be around and able in a year’s time.
Comment by Scott — February 7, 2008 @ 7:46 pm
1. When is the exact deadline for submission?
There are conficting listings as to when the deadline for submission is. On this website it says Midnight Feb. 18, which I presume is on Monday Feb 18th, rather than Sunday evening; then, on the application is says by “Noon on February 18th at midnight”, which is very confusing.
2. Can one student submit the application with one student ID listed? Or, are more needed to be listed on it (since there are 2 Student ID lines listed)?
What description of “all known and possible sources of funding” is sought? This could be a very, very long list, given that any person or organization can be a “possible source” of funding.
3. Doesn’t Question #2 of the application overlap with the second part of Question #6. Why do we need to restate what the proposal is again (when talking about the enhancement of student life)? Wouldn’t this be covered in the detailed narrative, or should it be a separate statement?
Comment by Emil Koulov — February 16, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
1. It is on Monday Feb 18th at 11:59 PM. Sorry for the confusion.
2. Yes, one student can submit. More listed students (or more listed people) show more support for project.
For funding, if you have an incredibly exhausted list, try to give as much of an overview as possible. More fund raising demonstrates more commitment to your project.
3. Question 6 should reference your proposal but go into more detail how specifically it is different, perhaps drawing comparisons to what has been done or attempted before. Question 2 is more a specific outline of your proposal, question 6 gives you a chance to address the big picture questions the committee will ask about how your proposal fits inside of student life.
Even if your outline (Question 2) is still being formed, it is imperative you answer Question 6 or the why your project should be funded.
-Scott
PS try looking at the past applications:
Comment by Scott — February 16, 2008 @ 4:57 pm