Student Activity Fee Funding for Academic Teams for Fiscal Year 2016

Public Service Announcement

The Academic Team Fee Council has released budget request forms and instructions for the fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). The Fee Council operates under the overall structure of the Student Activity Fee Committee and guidelines from the Student Activity Fee Overview document apply which lists restrictions placed on the expenditure of fee funds. In addition to these general guidelines (http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwdos/wordFilesEtc/SA_Fee_Overview_Approved_Sept_23_2011.pdf), the Academic Team Fee Council is restricted to distribute funds to competitive academic teams.

Entities eligible to receive funding within this council must be

• A chartered student organization or student group affiliated with an academic / university department at Georgia State University;
• team-based; and competing on a regional, national, or international level;
• with the purpose of enhancing the academic experience.

The Academic Team Fee Council soon will be reviewing budget requests for FY 2016 and invites all eligible academic teams to apply. To apply for funding for your academic team, please provide all necessary information through the Academic Team Fee Council Budget Request Application. Budget application forms are available through orgsync at: https://orgsync.com/22540/files/625490  (scroll down until you see the document entitled ‘Academic Team Fee Council Budget Request Form’).

Applications must be submitted by Friday, February 27, 2015, 4pm. Applications need to be submitted in hard copy to the Political Science department (Langdale Hall 1023, attention: Jeannie Grussendorf). Late applications will not be accepted and pleas note the organization’s faculty advisor must sign the front page of the budget request form.

Additionally, representatives of applying academic teams need to be available to present their budget requests in person to the academic team fee council on March 6^th, at 12:30pm in Langdale Hall 1081.

Please note that if an academic team receives funds for FY 2016 from any other fee council then they cannot also get funding from the Academic Teams Fee Council.

Please, direct any questions to the Academic Team Fee Council’s non-student member Jeannie Grussendorfjgrussendorf@gsu.edu.