How to Apply for Funding
Every year Student Senate sets aside part of the money that is collected through student fees to distribute to groups that need funding throughout the year. Any group can start the process to receive funding at any time throughout the year. However, since the amount of money left in the fund gets less and less as the year goes on, the earlier a group applies for funding the easier it is to receive the full amount of funding requested. Because of this, if you think that your group may want to receive funding at some point during the year, it is best to start that process as early as possible. If you would like to receive funding for your group, then use the following checklist as a guide through the entire process. Good luck!
1. Make sure your group qualifies for funding, make a budget with your group, and contact your Student Senator.
All student groups that want to receive funding from student senate must meet the following requirements. First, check to make sure that your group fulfils all of these requirements:
- Be open to ALL KU students (this includes not holding academic standards for joining)
- Have membership in addition to executive staff (i.e. the president, vice president, and treasurer)
- Be registered in the Student Involvement and Leadership Center
There is no limit to the amount of funds you can request from the Student Senate. For just basic operations costs groups can request up to $200 dollars without specifying what they need it for. As the amount of money your group requests goes up from there, Senate will want to know more and more about what you will use the money for and how that will benefit KU students. When a groups request gets above $1,000 Senate will also start wanting to fund only a percentage of your total budget, with the general rule being that once a group requests more than $1,000, Senate would like to see that $1,000 is not more than 50% percent of that groups overall budget.