GSC funding should be requested primarily via the Priority Funding Request
procedure in order to guarantee consideration. Priority Funding is intended to
optimize the funds available to active GSOs and other requests from individuals
that promote the GSC's goals of bringing graduate students of all disciplines
together.
Allocations will be made based on a review of all submitted budgets by the GSC
Executive Board. Preference will be given to events/requests that: 1) Provide a
social, cultural, or educational benefit to graduate students, 2) Encourage
inter-departmental interaction, 3) Are of benefit to all graduate students.
As a counterpoint, the GSC feels that strong Department-based GSOs greatly
enhance the graduate student experience. However, we also feel that funding that
portion of the graduate student experience should be a shared responsibility
among the GSC, the Departments, and external funding sources such as National
Societies or the Tufts Administration. Thus, while the GSC has fully funded
department-based GSOs, especially in their formative years, it is always with
the eventual goal of partial funding responsibility being shifted onto the
departments and other external funding sources.
Toward this end, the GSC has adopted the following guideline for funding GSO
events now and in the future:
"Any GSO that wishes to run an event that primarily or exclusively is of benefit
to a particular department or to the members of said GSO, especially if it is a
off-campus retreat or outing, will not have that event funded by the regular
mechanism of GSC funding. Instead, the GSO is expected to find Department or
External Funding for said event, and if so found, the GSC will MATCH EXTERNAL
FUNDS for that event up to a specified amount. These events must still be
FORMALLY open to all graduate students of all departments. Any event that is not
formally open to all graduate students (such as Officer Retreats) must be funded
solely by a Department or an External Funding Source. The determination of which
events fall under this policy is reserved for the Graduate Student Council."
So if a GSO can find department or external funding sources (and provide
documented proof that such funds were allocated), then the GSC will match those
external funds up to a allocated amount decided by the GSC (so you will receive
from the GSC either the same amount of money you raised from external sources or
else this amount, whichever is smaller). Since this is a new policy, please feel
free to e-mail the GSC Treasurer with any questions you may have.
Priority Funding is available in four cycles as outlined below. All
events/requests occurring within the funding cycle period should be listed in
the Priority Funding Request Form and sent the the GSC Treasurer by the
appropriate deadline. Please note that you must also submit a supplementary form
(such as a Reimbursement Form) for each event to receive the actual funds.
Download the
Priority Funding Request Form
If you are requesting funding during a funding cycle for which the deadline has
passed, please use the Alternate Funding Request Form (online form).
Go to the Alternate Funding Request
Form
Supplementary Forms: Reimbursement
Form | Direct
Payment Form | Expense
Transfer Form (Please read the instruction carefully and submit all forms to the GSC Lounge
Office (West Hall 001) or scan and email to GSC Treasurer . Note that
ORIGINAL RECEIPTS AND
INVOICES MUST BE PROVIDED.)
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