The GSA provides funding to graduate student organizations for various activities that benefit the graduate student body.

There are two grants that can be applied for:

• GSA Enrichment Grant

• Graduate Student Activity Grant

The GSA Enrichment Grant sponsors broad-based educational, cultural, or service projects proposed by members of the Rice University community and is open to all graduate student participation. Four Enrichment Grants will be given each fiscal year with a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1000) of funding per award.

The Graduate Student Activity Grant (GSAG) will provide supplementary funding for social events that may not be able to accommodate all graduate students. The GSAG will have a maximum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per award and the number of awards will be left to the discretion of the Grant Committee.

Eligibility: All Rice graduate students, undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and campus organizations may submit proposals.

Proposal Procedure:

1) Submit proposal to the Grant Committee via the online submission form on the GSA website.

2) Answer any questions / address any suggestions from the Grant Committee. Notification of Grant Committee approval/denial should be received after one week of submission.

3) Send a representative from the party submitting the proposal to the GSA Council meeting. A representative MUST be present for the approval vote to be conducted. If a representative is not present at the meeting, the proposal will be denied.

4) The GSA Council will vote on each request presented to it by the Grant Committee. A majority vote of the Council is needed to approve any grant proposal.

5) Upon GSA Council approval, funding will be provided on a reimbursment basis pending that GSA received the following:

a) Post event evaluation filled out and submitted online via the GSA website to be reviewed by the Grant Committee

b) Original receipts and invoices for services/fees paid